school: byleth

[shaft]

how many of byleth's pcs use this image

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[shaft]

It's certainly teaching me a thing or two about feeling defeated. Edelgard would be envious.

[divineimpulse]

[okay, well. that definitely elicits an amused exhale.]

All this time, she only needed to trap us in an inescapable realm of torment.

[...]

Again.

[the absolute irony of this garbage,]

[shaft]

[ ...

Well, they might as well have this conversation now. ]

Dimitri and I have different memories of our time back in Fódlan. I don't know if he mentioned it to you.

Have you noticed?

[divineimpulse]

Different in what way?

[slowly straightening back up, she brushes the hair out of her face with a hand.]

[shaft]

He mentioned a battle at Gronder, and not one we fought as kids. Said that I had sabotaged attempts at an alliance, but...

I don't remember any of it.

What's the last thing you remember?

[divineimpulse]

[she closes her eyes.]

The night after the battle at Gronder Field, on the thirtieth day of the Great Tree Moon, 1186.

[she opens her eyes again, fixing Claude with a gentle look.]

And I don't think you're the one that sabotaged the alliance.

[shaft]

[ Of course, she wouldn't. ]

Gronder... It seems like a poetic end to the battle we began five years ago.

[ ... ]

I won't deny I'm curious to know who won.

[divineimpulse]

[...]

We were.

[shaft]

Against Edelgard?

[ He doesn't seem... shocked. More disbelieving, like it's hard for him to grasp after so long. ]

[divineimpulse]

[she nods, once.]

Against both of you.

[and gives that just a moment to digest.]

But not by much.

We were certainly the underdogs.

[shaft]

[ ...

His lips quirk into a small smile. ]

Of course. There's no way you could lose, teach.

[divineimpulse]

[she shakes her head, watching him thoughtfully.]

I'm only human, Claude.

Nothing is guaranteed on the battlefield.

[shaft]

I'm pretty sure you're the closest thing to one.

But don't worry, no one is putting the burden of fixing this place on you.

[divineimpulse]

[...]

I'd still like to.