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[she steps in and immediately starts shedding her layers down to her clothing. the heavy jacket, the scarf, her gloves -- all revealing a thing crystal sheen on her skin.]

...I imagine you know what I'm about to ask. And I want to preface it by saying I completely understand if you'd prefer not to. I just-

[--thought she'd make an effort to trust him more. but that gets caught in her throat, and she has to clear it before hanging her coat.]

Edelgard...

[a soft expression settles on his face]

We ended up on different paths, but I have never wished you ill. Of course, I will do all I can to help you.

[a light blush adds to his expression]

Thank you, Ferdinand. I truly mean that.

[she shyly holds out her hand to him, eyes meeting his with a small smile. oh, how strange that they were on different sides of the war, only to end up... holding hands like this.]

I'd love to have some of your tea afterward as well.

[He takes her hand, marveling at how small it is, even knowing the strength held within it. How many times as a youth had he daydreamed about such a thing? More than he would admit, and that embarrassed thrill shows in the sync. In fact, the sync is easy. Effortless. Ferdinand is an open book, as always]

Of course! I will even warm some cakes if you wish.

[she allows herself to sync, to open herself up to ferdinand. memories of him colored with fondness, with exasperation, with careful distancing leading up to her war- to an effort to trust again once more.]

Oh? Did you make them yourself?

[The fondness makes him turn red, clearly pleased and embarrassed]

Goddess no, baking has never been a skill I have put myself to- though perhaps I should now that I find myself with so much spare time?

[Someone never learned to impress Dorathea, it seems]

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Mm, I think you'd be wonderful at anything you set your mind to. [a small smile, a chance to reconnect.] You've always been so very passionate in everything you do, after all.

[she turns her eyes down to their connected hands] I hope that we can spend time together here, to make up for the time I've cruelly thrown away.

[he preens under the praise, as always. But her final words cast a dark shade over his pleasure, as to be expected... but anger is certainly not the right term for it]

Cruel is... not the word I would use.

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What would be the term you'd use? [her expression falls a bit to something more somber.] Please, be honest. I need to hear it.

Cruelty suggests an... intent I do not believe you had.

[His sync suggests this is less a belief and more a hope]

Oh- [she's actually surprised at that. she'd thought he'd describe her with a worse word, and she believes she'd fully deserve it. the sentiment echoes in her sync.]

I- certainly, yes, I think that's true. But in the end, people still died for my misguided ambitions. I know this now. [in her sync, he might catch glimpses of her conversation with byleth discussing just that.]

Misguided, yes. I stand by what I said when we first reconnected here. But... there is a difference between you and them.

[dark hooked masks and gray death-pale skin. There's no doubt he means Those that Slither, even if he is loath to say it outright. As if saying that title will bring ill luck]

I'd like to think that... I worked with them out of necessity - I planned to eradicate their order after I achieved my goals.

[well, that never happened, but she liked to imagine she did it in a world where she did succeed]

Are there any questions you have for me...? Since we have the time.

To lay with dogs is to get fleas.

[He says softly before shaking his head]

And I of course have... so many. But you did not come here to be interrogated... we can just... talk?

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