[ The family that held the crown before them: that's something he hasn't heard before, and he raises an eyebrow in lieu of asking what Kyle means by that. Something to look for in Cadens' libraries since he's sure there's an account about it somewhere, given the animosity between the nations and how if there's any way for the Free Cities to write something negative about Thorne it'll definitely exist.
Either way, it's not nearly as interesting as listening to Kyle describe his life. A monastery, and a priest. Two things familiar to him after his time at Garreg Mach at a literal monastery (now conveniently also in the horizon by Sylvain's doing) and around clergy though neither had been something he'd grown up around. He nods slowly and takes another short sip of tea. ]
Sounds rather familiar, and not just because I attended academy at a monastery. There were several noble houses across the former nations of Fodlan, all of which believed they either were the most important or deserved to be. Thanks to my grandfather naming me his heir I was able to see behind it all myself in more ways than one, which it sounds like you may have had happen as well.
[ For a long moment Claude simply studies the other man while making no attempt to hide this is an appraisal. It's less the question asked - considering he sensed it was on the way eventually - but that there's numerous directions he could take to answer that. He could say precisely who he was, leave no room for misinterpretation, and perhaps say it also for the first time rather than in the bits and pieces he's told those in the Free Cities. Because, Claude thinks, perhaps there's also a difference in telling people you see every day versus someone who you can only meet like this.
Or maybe that's overthinking it, a bad habit of his he's never unlearned. In the end, he decides on truth of the non-specific variety said evenly to not betray his thoughts on those statements in any particular way. ]
I was a high ranking duke and as a result of that, also a military commander during war. 'Was' not just because I'm no longer at home, but actual past tense because I resigned my titles when the war ended. I would assume one or the other is part of the reason the Free Cities decided to bring me here.
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Either way, it's not nearly as interesting as listening to Kyle describe his life. A monastery, and a priest. Two things familiar to him after his time at Garreg Mach at a literal monastery (now conveniently also in the horizon by Sylvain's doing) and around clergy though neither had been something he'd grown up around. He nods slowly and takes another short sip of tea. ]
Sounds rather familiar, and not just because I attended academy at a monastery. There were several noble houses across the former nations of Fodlan, all of which believed they either were the most important or deserved to be. Thanks to my grandfather naming me his heir I was able to see behind it all myself in more ways than one, which it sounds like you may have had happen as well.
[ For a long moment Claude simply studies the other man while making no attempt to hide this is an appraisal. It's less the question asked - considering he sensed it was on the way eventually - but that there's numerous directions he could take to answer that. He could say precisely who he was, leave no room for misinterpretation, and perhaps say it also for the first time rather than in the bits and pieces he's told those in the Free Cities. Because, Claude thinks, perhaps there's also a difference in telling people you see every day versus someone who you can only meet like this.
Or maybe that's overthinking it, a bad habit of his he's never unlearned. In the end, he decides on truth of the non-specific variety said evenly to not betray his thoughts on those statements in any particular way. ]
I was a high ranking duke and as a result of that, also a military commander during war. 'Was' not just because I'm no longer at home, but actual past tense because I resigned my titles when the war ended. I would assume one or the other is part of the reason the Free Cities decided to bring me here.