[ byleth pushes a hand under her bangs and props up her forehead, elbow resting on her thigh. yeah, okay. buckle up, hubert. still, that's good to know regarding the sword—even if she's positive it wouldn't answer her at home, either. ]

I've been thinking a lot about everything. I know that Seiros did something to me after I was born, something to my heart, and the only thing that makes sense... is that she put the goddess's Crest Stone inside me. [ she indicates the hollow in the sword's crossguard, looking up to meet hubert's eye again. ] The one that should have gone here.

[ she hesitates a moment. ]

It wasn't Church propaganda that I was Sothis's vessel, or that I'd received her power. But it was a Church plan.