I am thinking each nation in Fodlan is being divided in its own right. It is something they all have in common, and has made this business of turning blades on one another even more complicated than it was already being otherwise.
[The divided houses of the Alliance, the western lords in Faerghus. These were conflicts she mostly knew of in passing, had not had the opportunity to witness in person, but dealing with scout reports and various rumors often fell to her as a member of the Black Eagle Strike Force. Much of what was brought to her was... informative, but difficult to read.
War was painful for all involved, regardless of which side you fought for.
The tail end of what he says catches her after a moment, and she looks back to him, tentative, curious.]
Are you finally going to share where you were growing up? You are heir to the Alliance, but you are not from Fodlan.
[Edelgard may or may not have known that for certain; Petra cannot say, either way, but she'd developed her own suspicions about Claude shortly after they'd met.]
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[The divided houses of the Alliance, the western lords in Faerghus. These were conflicts she mostly knew of in passing, had not had the opportunity to witness in person, but dealing with scout reports and various rumors often fell to her as a member of the Black Eagle Strike Force. Much of what was brought to her was... informative, but difficult to read.
War was painful for all involved, regardless of which side you fought for.
The tail end of what he says catches her after a moment, and she looks back to him, tentative, curious.]
Are you finally going to share where you were growing up? You are heir to the Alliance, but you are not from Fodlan.
[Edelgard may or may not have known that for certain; Petra cannot say, either way, but she'd developed her own suspicions about Claude shortly after they'd met.]