[ she appreciates that it's not sympathy, not pity. byleth doesn't see the use for either of those about something so... all-encompassing. but spreading her anger over this? that's, at least, satisfying. ]

... The only choices I'd ever made, real choices, were the ones that placed me at Edelgard's side. [ she finally looks at him again, expression hard to read. ] And I've seen our path through this far. I don't intend to stop now.