[ there's something almost... stricken? in her expression when he brings up felix and sylvain in that context, but it fades as soon as it appears. ]

... Their Professor fought for the Kingdom, didn't they. [ it's... not a difficult leap, given the pattern thus far. something about that idea sends her blood boiling. she can't imagine. ]

I brought as many students as possible into the fold. Everyone but Claude, Hilda... [ a pause, a flicker of... something wistful, regretful. it's gone almost immediately, like before. ] Dimitri and Dedue.

We were... [ she exhales. ] We all understood. We didn't have the same feelings on everything, but we knew what had to be done. How could things have gone so wrong?