[ From the past, Thancred says, and there's a few moments where Claude tries to picture this for himself. What would it be like to have lived those years ago knowing what was coming - and more importantly than that, that it was diverted from happening?
There would have been a smaller war over other things, certainly. Fodlan was (is) too full of ways desperately needing to be changed causing all kinds of tensions which would have led to the inevitable path of conflict. But maybe, if he allows himself to entertain this daydream that has no way of ever coming true, maybe it would've meant more time for talks to occur. For important discussions where bonds could have been forged. For change taking longer than Edelgard's abrupt upheaval being the cause and so much rebuilding needing to happen because of actions on all of their parts. ]
It seems conflict is a constant no matter where we might be. Or for where we might be sent to, now that that's an option none of us knew about before arriving.
[ Abraxas and all of its conflicts are too difficult to overlook - and there being three nations against each other is a familiarity he dislikes every time he remembers that's the case. The smile he flashes Thancred while picking up his glass to finish his own drink is on the wry side. ]
Though anything dealing with Abraxas, at least in what I've witnessed since being brought here, is a topic that's yet even deeper. And it'd require far more drinks, I suppose, given that we were in need of one for this alone.
[ Which could sound a little too close to shutting a door he'd like to leave propped open if anything else, considering it may take some time to build it there. Time, at least, is something they have plenty of. ]
At least there's other weekends in Nocwich for that. Maybe next time I can even buy the drink for you providing hunting goes as successfully as it did today.
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There would have been a smaller war over other things, certainly. Fodlan was (is) too full of ways desperately needing to be changed causing all kinds of tensions which would have led to the inevitable path of conflict. But maybe, if he allows himself to entertain this daydream that has no way of ever coming true, maybe it would've meant more time for talks to occur. For important discussions where bonds could have been forged. For change taking longer than Edelgard's abrupt upheaval being the cause and so much rebuilding needing to happen because of actions on all of their parts. ]
It seems conflict is a constant no matter where we might be. Or for where we might be sent to, now that that's an option none of us knew about before arriving.
[ Abraxas and all of its conflicts are too difficult to overlook - and there being three nations against each other is a familiarity he dislikes every time he remembers that's the case. The smile he flashes Thancred while picking up his glass to finish his own drink is on the wry side. ]
Though anything dealing with Abraxas, at least in what I've witnessed since being brought here, is a topic that's yet even deeper. And it'd require far more drinks, I suppose, given that we were in need of one for this alone.
[ Which could sound a little too close to shutting a door he'd like to leave propped open if anything else, considering it may take some time to build it there. Time, at least, is something they have plenty of. ]
At least there's other weekends in Nocwich for that. Maybe next time I can even buy the drink for you providing hunting goes as successfully as it did today.