[ A choice. It'd be simple if it was just that. Wouldn't it? It's crossed his mind before since hearing what Sylvain told him, then what Petra told him. The latter of which is more concerning as it'd rewrite history, at least to Claude. But he also believes Petra, hence the complication. ]
Maybe. I suppose there's a chance it relies on choice for one of them, but the other? [ Where to even start. Claude has to think about that, strip away details that matter to him but require all kinds of added explanation. ] In what I lived of Fodlan's war, we marched on the Empire's capital and they never approached ours in the Alliance. But for one of my friends, it was the Empire who marched on our capital. Whatever happened there in Derdriu, they had the upper hand and I surrendered.
Which, in all honesty, sounds like something I'd do. Dying for an ideal's never been one of my dreams, not for me or for anyone else.
[ There's a good chance he's too nonchalant for that last part though it is the truth. Sounding lighthearted's how he approaches most things so this will get included into it to keep it on more of an even keel in his mind. What Petra described at Derdriu (and what Sylvain's lived so far) isn't the only difference, but he's not even sure he wants to get into how Teach does or doesn't factor into all of this. Not yet. ]
Maybe none of that matters now considering we're all here and can't change whatever happened for each of us. Especially if we... aren't the only ones this has happened to.
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Maybe. I suppose there's a chance it relies on choice for one of them, but the other? [ Where to even start. Claude has to think about that, strip away details that matter to him but require all kinds of added explanation. ] In what I lived of Fodlan's war, we marched on the Empire's capital and they never approached ours in the Alliance. But for one of my friends, it was the Empire who marched on our capital. Whatever happened there in Derdriu, they had the upper hand and I surrendered.
Which, in all honesty, sounds like something I'd do. Dying for an ideal's never been one of my dreams, not for me or for anyone else.
[ There's a good chance he's too nonchalant for that last part though it is the truth. Sounding lighthearted's how he approaches most things so this will get included into it to keep it on more of an even keel in his mind. What Petra described at Derdriu (and what Sylvain's lived so far) isn't the only difference, but he's not even sure he wants to get into how Teach does or doesn't factor into all of this. Not yet. ]
Maybe none of that matters now considering we're all here and can't change whatever happened for each of us. Especially if we... aren't the only ones this has happened to.