I know. When I first read the letter, I thought it was a prank... and not a funny one at that.
[He sighs. He'd been hoping to spare her the details, but--] Believe me, I practically begged Edelgard to stand down as we fought. But she wouldn't. She said that... someone like me wasn't qualified to rule Fodlan.
[He's sure he doesn't need to elaborate, given Marianne already knows more about him than most. Part of him wonders if Edelgard was right. Sometimes he doesn't feel like he understands Fodlan at all, given how stubborn and unyielding some of its people can be, willing to throw their lives away in the name of loyalty, honour, ideals.
He just isn't like that.]
All we can do is honour their final wishes. And here, too. We have to stop the calamity, or all that suffering really will have been for nothing.
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[He sighs. He'd been hoping to spare her the details, but--] Believe me, I practically begged Edelgard to stand down as we fought. But she wouldn't. She said that... someone like me wasn't qualified to rule Fodlan.
[He's sure he doesn't need to elaborate, given Marianne already knows more about him than most. Part of him wonders if Edelgard was right. Sometimes he doesn't feel like he understands Fodlan at all, given how stubborn and unyielding some of its people can be, willing to throw their lives away in the name of loyalty, honour, ideals.
He just isn't like that.]
All we can do is honour their final wishes. And here, too. We have to stop the calamity, or all that suffering really will have been for nothing.