Friends. [Claude laughs, a touch disbelievingly.] You're just friends with the goddess herself. Somehow that's almost not even surprising coming from you?
But...you can control time. That's how you always knew the right calls to make? [He runs a hand through his hair.] Man, talk about a tactical advantage...no wonder my battlefield strategy never measured up to yours. How could I overcome something like that?
[At Byleth's apology, though, he shakes his head.] I mean, I hardly know how to feel hearing stuff as wild as this; if it didn't make so much sense, I think I'd have a hard time even believing it. But...upset isn't how I feel, I know that much. I mean...how could I be? As long as I've known you, you've been helping us. And then later, helping all of Fodlan. Am I supposed to hold that against you somehow? I won't pretend messing around with the timeline doesn't seem a little presumptuous for anyone to do, a little against the natural order of things, but who am I to object to using any means to best serve a good cause? That's never been my style. If you gave me the same powers, I'd probably use them the same way. And heck, who am I to object to keeping big secrets? If you've got anybody to apologize to, Teach, it's not me.
If anything, I feel almost like I should be the one apologizing. It's hard to imagine you dealing with all that stuff on your own. I can't imagine you told Dimitri and the others back home, did you? Like my own secrets, you're finally sharing because we're here. And...it's gotta be a relief, right? For us to know what's up with you.
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But...you can control time. That's how you always knew the right calls to make? [He runs a hand through his hair.] Man, talk about a tactical advantage...no wonder my battlefield strategy never measured up to yours. How could I overcome something like that?
[At Byleth's apology, though, he shakes his head.] I mean, I hardly know how to feel hearing stuff as wild as this; if it didn't make so much sense, I think I'd have a hard time even believing it. But...upset isn't how I feel, I know that much. I mean...how could I be? As long as I've known you, you've been helping us. And then later, helping all of Fodlan. Am I supposed to hold that against you somehow? I won't pretend messing around with the timeline doesn't seem a little presumptuous for anyone to do, a little against the natural order of things, but who am I to object to using any means to best serve a good cause? That's never been my style. If you gave me the same powers, I'd probably use them the same way. And heck, who am I to object to keeping big secrets? If you've got anybody to apologize to, Teach, it's not me.
If anything, I feel almost like I should be the one apologizing. It's hard to imagine you dealing with all that stuff on your own. I can't imagine you told Dimitri and the others back home, did you? Like my own secrets, you're finally sharing because we're here. And...it's gotta be a relief, right? For us to know what's up with you.