[ While it feels as if Byleth is being quite careful with her choice of words, it seems clear to Thancred that she and Edelgard are close. The nature of that closeness would require further observation, of course, but it does seem to go beyond the loyalty one might feel toward their emperor. For all that Thancred can even understand that sort of thing.

He'd been dedicated to Minfilia, though the lines drawn between them among the Scions of the Seventh Dawn hadn't been quite so rigid. It's the closest personal comparison he can draw, however, even if his familial attachment to her made it somewhat muddier. ]

You'd be surprised. I'm certain you would have managed one way or another, but I'm glad you don't have to. It seems that both of you would prefer the other be here. [ Even if it meant they'd therefore both been dragged into this unpleasant situation. ] And in what direction do you intend to guide her now? [ Surely they have thoughts about Thorne and how they fit into that hierarchy. Thankfully no one else is currently in the shrine with them, so speaking of this in Solvunn's "territory" shouldn't cause any problems. ]