[ Even if Claude's comment about arguing with this fellow representatives is clearly teasing, Steve quirks a smile at the corner of his mouth and shakes his head. ]
You joke, but don't think Sam will back down when he's made his mind up about something.
[ He could just as easily be talking about himself, but he's purposefully decided to stay away from the Conclave in that capacity. If he needs to step up at some point in the future he'll do so, but in many ways he feels he's done his fair share of filling the leadership role back home — and more than that, he'd like to give others the space to do so if they're interested. Claude, Sam, and Jayce all hopped up to the plate pretty quick.
And while Claude is under no obligation to explain his background any further than he did during his speech, he does go ahead and do so. As soon as Steve realizes this, he sets his drink down on the table and leans forward, granting Claude his undivided attention.
Way back when Claude first gave him context for that battle that he'd seen in his nightmare and the war that surrounded it, he'd mentioned the Alliance and Steve had inferred that he had some position of authority within it. A duke, huh? It sounds like even from a young age Claude had been inserting himself into discussions among the roundtable and asserting his own beliefs about how they should proceed. ]
Why would they want to? Cede, I mean. Did they think it was easier, or want the Empire's? protection? [ There could be any number of reasons, but Steve still knows only what Claude has told him, and that conversation was some time ago. ] I remember you saying the Alliance had way less troops or resources when compared to the Empire or the... Kingdom, I think it was? [ The exact names escape him. ] Yet you won the war in the end. I assume that has a lot to do with your strategic instincts and knowhow.
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You joke, but don't think Sam will back down when he's made his mind up about something.
[ He could just as easily be talking about himself, but he's purposefully decided to stay away from the Conclave in that capacity. If he needs to step up at some point in the future he'll do so, but in many ways he feels he's done his fair share of filling the leadership role back home — and more than that, he'd like to give others the space to do so if they're interested. Claude, Sam, and Jayce all hopped up to the plate pretty quick.
And while Claude is under no obligation to explain his background any further than he did during his speech, he does go ahead and do so. As soon as Steve realizes this, he sets his drink down on the table and leans forward, granting Claude his undivided attention.
Way back when Claude first gave him context for that battle that he'd seen in his nightmare and the war that surrounded it, he'd mentioned the Alliance and Steve had inferred that he had some position of authority within it. A duke, huh? It sounds like even from a young age Claude had been inserting himself into discussions among the roundtable and asserting his own beliefs about how they should proceed. ]
Why would they want to? Cede, I mean. Did they think it was easier, or want the Empire's? protection? [ There could be any number of reasons, but Steve still knows only what Claude has told him, and that conversation was some time ago. ] I remember you saying the Alliance had way less troops or resources when compared to the Empire or the... Kingdom, I think it was? [ The exact names escape him. ] Yet you won the war in the end. I assume that has a lot to do with your strategic instincts and knowhow.