[ None of this is easy to put to words, for either of them - and he mostly understands Claude's explanation. No, not exactly like what happened to him, but then none of the people from Fodlan had been traveling between worlds.

What Claude asks next gets a flicker of surprise, though. There's a slight pause before he answers slowly. ]

There is someone. He... in my wrong memories, I meet him much earlier in my life. And he is the one that leads the war against my church.

[ There's a pause, and he adds almost defensively: ]

He wouldn't have manipulated events this way on his own. He would've been happier if he'd never come to my world at all.

[ If anyone is to blame for the chaos and destruction, it's Kahlil's own failure. Not John.

Claude wouldn't ask this question if he didn't have someone in mind from his own world. He fixes his gaze on him again, waiting. ]