[ she mirrors that brief laugh, though it's more derisive. the fact he's trying to disconnect her from the woman he knows stings, though, even if it makes sense. ]

Okay. Then, how about the fact that the Archbishop was a dragon in human form, controlling Fódlan for over a thousand years, and the entire structure of your society was built on a lie meant to ensure her power? [ she smiles, thinly. it's all the official imperial line, to be sure, but it's still the truth as she knows it. ] That's the truth. And if the Kingdom wins your war...

[ well. she doesn't care to think of that version of fódlan, then. ]