And so do I! So it's perfect. And this world has so many different cuisines and new types of food to try, and so much access to food we'd consider rare and difficult to get or make or store here! The kinds of feasts you can have here are incredible. It's official - we're definitely going to have to have one. And by this point there's enough of us that it'll feel like a proper feast, too!
[Byleth's words cause Claude to sigh.] Yeah...man, I wish I knew what made Edelgard feel like she had to change the world like yanking a tablecloth out from under the cutlery, and damn the glasses she breaks. I got enough of her philosophy that she wanted to put an end to the problems and suffering she saw as quickly as possible by changing things for the better, but if your solution hurts people in the process, then is there actually a net gain? I think she really could make a great future, if she'd just gone about it a different way...worked with you and me and Dimitri, for instance, instead of declaring us enemies.
It's funny...wanting to take down the Church of Seiros might've been the best idea she had. Not that I think people should be told what to believe or not believe, but the church is really the bones of everything in Fodlan, and dismantling it completely probably would've been the only way to change all the systems it's tied into that affect all of Fodlan - like Crests. At least while Rhea was the one running the show. [Claude grins.] But in a weird way, Edelgard's war ended up leading to a second solution - putting you in charge of the church. It's not what she wanted, but I think it might be a better solution than what she wanted. The church continuing, providing structure and aid to the people who need it, but with someone who's willing to reform or even throw out its less savory aspects.
As for Dimitri...some of it's what he's talked to me about, and some of it's just what I can tell about him. But I know you know you can trust my read on things like this, especially when it comes to someone as open and easy to read as him. Thanks to a lot of effort and help, he's doing a lot better than he used to - he's got a pokémon that helps him sleep without dreaming, and between Ashe and Dedue his eating habits get fussed over plenty. Maybe not enough, but better than I could do. Mostly the only issues he's got are from holding himself to unreasonable standards of perfection...partly because he thinks there's some right way to be, and partly because he's still beating himself up over the awful things he did enough that he thinks he has to be perfect all the time, in all ways, to make up for them.
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[Byleth's words cause Claude to sigh.] Yeah...man, I wish I knew what made Edelgard feel like she had to change the world like yanking a tablecloth out from under the cutlery, and damn the glasses she breaks. I got enough of her philosophy that she wanted to put an end to the problems and suffering she saw as quickly as possible by changing things for the better, but if your solution hurts people in the process, then is there actually a net gain? I think she really could make a great future, if she'd just gone about it a different way...worked with you and me and Dimitri, for instance, instead of declaring us enemies.
It's funny...wanting to take down the Church of Seiros might've been the best idea she had. Not that I think people should be told what to believe or not believe, but the church is really the bones of everything in Fodlan, and dismantling it completely probably would've been the only way to change all the systems it's tied into that affect all of Fodlan - like Crests. At least while Rhea was the one running the show. [Claude grins.] But in a weird way, Edelgard's war ended up leading to a second solution - putting you in charge of the church. It's not what she wanted, but I think it might be a better solution than what she wanted. The church continuing, providing structure and aid to the people who need it, but with someone who's willing to reform or even throw out its less savory aspects.
As for Dimitri...some of it's what he's talked to me about, and some of it's just what I can tell about him. But I know you know you can trust my read on things like this, especially when it comes to someone as open and easy to read as him. Thanks to a lot of effort and help, he's doing a lot better than he used to - he's got a pokémon that helps him sleep without dreaming, and between Ashe and Dedue his eating habits get fussed over plenty. Maybe not enough, but better than I could do. Mostly the only issues he's got are from holding himself to unreasonable standards of perfection...partly because he thinks there's some right way to be, and partly because he's still beating himself up over the awful things he did enough that he thinks he has to be perfect all the time, in all ways, to make up for them.