[ it's very sweet of him to be sad for her EVEN THOUGH HE IS OR WAS ALSO DEAD idk what he did with his seasons wish. ]
I did not want to leave those who cared for me mourning too much, but otherwise, I was fine with the outcome.
[ it went as planned, but... she would admit to wanting to have killed that demon without dying. if her poisons worked... if she could've beheaded him, but she's not so unrealistic. ]
I appreciate your kindness, Claude-san. [ that's sincere. she doesn't want to cause sadness, but it's still kind of him to think so. ] What did you sacrifice?
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And it lets you repay the favour of your sister's loss first hand.
If you're using past tense... did your plan already come to fruition then?
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[ she won't shy away from her revenge. it was revenge, but it also helps hundreds and thousands of people. ]
He is dead, with certainty.
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[ she seems at peace with it. ]
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[ he's asking without any judgment, though there is a slight sorrow to his tone ]
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I did not want to leave those who cared for me mourning too much, but otherwise, I was fine with the outcome.
[ it went as planned, but... she would admit to wanting to have killed that demon without dying. if her poisons worked... if she could've beheaded him, but she's not so unrealistic. ]
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I understand that you did what you thought was best, and I'm not naïve enough to believe that wars can be won without sacrifice.
But still, I find it terrible that you couldn't survive.
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I appreciate your kindness, Claude-san. [ that's sincere. she doesn't want to cause sadness, but it's still kind of him to think so. ] What did you sacrifice?
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Too much to count. The lives of my soldiers. The livelihoods of our people as the war razed their fields and towns.
It's hard to think of anyone who didn't suffer for it.
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she listens, and she has to wonder: ]
Are these your regrets?
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But maybe we should've just surrendered, if we were going to lose anyway. Is independence worth all that sacrifice? I don't know.
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Would the people under you have wanted it?
[ there's a reason they were independent in the first place, isn't there? ]
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Some wanted to side with the Empire, some wanted to resist.
Trying to align a country's worth of people is no easy task.
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It isn't, but that's why leaders of nations are as incredible as they can be terrible.