[ What Steve said has clearly struck some sort of chord, and how could it not? Hilda had come here to have a good time and get to know her fellow Summoned, and now they're here talking about war. It's one hell of a curveball, especially when they're still sitting here watching this dorky turkey decoration slowly inflate.

It does mean that no one in the immediate vicinity is listening in on them, though, so there's that. ]

Yeah, I gathered that much. He gave me a brief history lesson when we talked after, said that the war was over and you were focused on rebuilding now.

[ He has no idea of how Hilda fits into everything, save that she seems to be Claude's subordinate in some way. Her question is odd enough that Steve's quiet for a few seconds, frowning as he tries to make sense of what she's asking and why. ]

I only saw you for a brief moment. We were riding on Claude's... wyvern... thing, so you were way down below. But he signaled to you that you needed to focus your attention on a different part of the battle, that the Kingdom had to be dealt with before you fought the Empire. So yeah, I'd say you were part of the fight.

[ That's all he can really remember of the exact moment in the dream, though Claude had filled him in on some of the political background later on. ]