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[perfectteatime]

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[ The feed suddenly cuts on and you can see the sky, and a bit of minty green hair. Forgive him he's not fantastic with technology. ]

Hello- apologies. I am Byleth Eisner. I do hope this ah- this message finds you all well. I would like to possibly request a bit of help as I believe I may be slightly-

[ It shifts and you can finally see his face! Wait- no. That's an Espurr who's soul-piercing eyes strare into the camera. ]

Espurr!

Breakfast, please! I know you must be hungry, but once we find our way to civilization, I promise we can eat-

Wait- don't d- [ The last thing the video shows are some Espurr beans before the feed cuts. ]

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[perfectteatime]

Well then, we will arrange for it.

Do not sell yourself short, Felix. Trust me. I'm sure you're a fantastic teacher. I would love to observe you teaching sometime, in fact. [ Is that just because he wants to see that softer side of Felix he so rarely shows? Maybe... ]

Oh, what a kind offer... though I may like to explore these ruins. May as well get to know the land. Would you want to accompany me on such a trip?

[ There's some fumbling when he receives the photo. ]

Oh! What an amazing invention... I would like to have a photograph of everyone. [ He's going to keep that picture, Felix. ]

I'd love to see the other photographs you have done.

[bestswordmaster]

[Observe him teaching? Byleth? ...well, it would be a good way to gauge his skill at doing it, he supposes. But having anyone just...watch him as he interacts with other people? That sounds awful. He grunts a noncommittal acknowledgment.]

Maybe.

[Felix's brows lift in mild surprise.] Actually, I would. I never had the opportunity to visit them myself, since my first Honedge was a gift from Sylvain. And flying on one of my Pokemon would be faster than hiking there by yourself.

[Felix has already resigned himself to the fact that people will just...have pictures of him, all the time, now. He rarely takes any of himself and doesn't like to be in photos when he can help it, but sometimes it's inevitable. And sometimes it's...not so bad.]

Fortunately for you, I have photographs of everyone.

[He starts sending pictures to Byleth one at a time. For the most part, he himself doesn't appear in them, and most of them are candid rather than posed. Claude and Sylvain playing chess; Dimitri carving something out of wood with a look of deep concentration; Ashe and Dedue in the garden; Dimitri and Claude laughing at something; Lysithea enjoying a cookie way too much. There are a few with Felix in them, though - Dimitri lifting Felix on the ice while practicing figure skating, Claude and Felix making curry, Felix chasing Sylvain around the living room with a throw pillow, Felix playing guitar while Annette and her Jigglypuff sing along.

And there's just one from the wedding: Felix and Sylvain during the handfasting part, with Dimitri officiating in his black armor and majestic furred cape, and Claude standing just beside and behind him. Sylvain's dressed in an immaculate, white, modern-style suit, while Felix is dressed in somewhat traditional Faerghan-style ducal finery (but with no fur or heavy wool), complete with a ceremonial Honedge at his belt and his hair pulled back with several small braids. There's no question that Byleth has never seen either Felix or Sylvain this happy in all the time he's known them.]

[perfectteatime]

[ He'd have something to say about plans to go out to those ruins but then the pictures start coming in and for a couple minutes, he's silent as he goes through them, one by one. When he finally finishes, Felix is given the reward of a practically glowing smile. Something that has never really been directed at him before, not from Byleth. Probably only on par with something Dimitri has seen less times than he could count on one hand.

It truly is warmth, from the standpoint that Byleth is hardly able to exude as much 98% of the time. ]

Felix... these are-

You-

I'm so happy. You and Sylvain... and these... these are one of the best gifts I think anyone has ever given me.

I... don't know what to say. These are beautiful. I only wish I could have been there for these myself, but looking at them makes me feel like I am.

[ Here it is Felix, your moment to be utterly showered in the Professor's utmost adoration. ]

Thank you. Thank you for sharing these with me, Felix.

[bestswordmaster]

[Felix blinks, eyes wide. Something is definitely different about Byleth, though he can't put his finger on what it is, exactly. He just knows he's never seen the professor look this...joyful over anything he's done before. His gaze drops a little, face flushing.]

All right, that's enough, no more gushing. There are more here that I can show you when you arrive.

[perfectteatime]

Sorry, Felix. [ He's not, but you know... he loves Felix so he'll say it. ] I'll be looking forward to seeing more when I arrive.

Thanks for sharing though.

When I get there, let's have a good spar, too.