𝐎𝐩𝐞𝐧 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐭

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As am I. There are certainly those around me with more talent in that area, so I will consider that, and your mages also.

[ That said, an exception for forcing entry, hmm? Dimitri might actually have a chance of getting on Eula's good side, like this. At this rate, she might even be willing to tell him about the heinous thing that sparked this whole revenge plot in the first place. ]

If I may ask, what inspires you to consider an exception?

[frenziedazure]

Let us just say that I've had my fair share of er... revenge plots though mine was more open.

I wanted to behead my step-sister before I came back to my senses, obviously I still want her to answer for things but perhaps less murder and more getting answers.

(Or so he hoped in Edelgard's case; he didn't know what she may do in response to him wanting answers or really anything. He didn't want to kill her at least which is a start in comparison to his previous state.)

Though I doubt Edelgard will let me get far enough to ask her anything to begin with. So yes, I know the feeling too well.

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[ Hmm, interesting.

She may know Dimitri on a surface level, but there's still a lot she doesn't know about his situation— and right now, she's surprised to hear that they have one particular thing very much in common. ]

I was not aware that you had issues with family members.

...Perhaps it's something we could discuss sometime.

[ After all, when it comes to her own family, stolen half-pairs will never be enough for the retribution they must face. ]

[frenziedazure]

Perhaps. Though a lot of it is a long story for my end.

There's multiple parts even, me discovering she was leading an attack on the monastery with a unknown army she was aligned with. Me being thrown in the dungeon over fabricated evidence declaring I had murdered my uncle and ordered for execution until Dedue freed me and had me leave while he gave himself up for a time... a lot of it would take longer than this to explain.

(And he knew that much; his own situation was complicated further by the fact he is of royalty at that though he mentioned to her she did not have to call him by title. There wasn't any need to do so in Mondstadt despite him being foreign royalty one could say.

For the time being he only wanted a low profile, finding Edelgard and really the others that were still missing was not going to be easy if he drew too much attention for it.)

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Hmm.

It sounds as if this Edelgard is as much of a problem as some members of my family have been known to be.

What changed your mind about ending her life?

[ It's a serious question, and one probably not asked for the reason he thinks it is. After all, if her family were to put one foot out of line in regards to Mondstadt, she would destroy them in whatever way necessary. And she was hardly exaggerating when she expressed that Edelgard sounds equally as problematic... ]

[frenziedazure]

... truthfully it was in part because I wished to know why she did it. I wanted to ask her if she had hand in the Tragedy, the events that killed my step-mother, her mother, and my father.

And I wanted to simply know if she wasn't as far as gone as I once thought she was. As she perhaps thought I must have been since I told you about the mindless slaughter I did before and how I carried those scars as my atonement. It was her that took my eye as well, Eula.

(But he knew that this was serious, he was never one to hold back his answers and his sense of justice often times shined brightest knowing that he would follow through with what he must to the end. It was always how he had seen it.)

... though getting answers is easier said than done regardless. I do believe she would not let me despite my desire for her to survive if anything herself in the end.

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I see.

[ And she really does. Her words are short, but the intent behind them is genuine nonetheless. ]

Do not answer this if it's uncomfortable, but what are your plans in the event she gives the answers you seek, and they confirm your fears?

[ She understands well the need to atone. But from her understanding of the story, Edelgard deserves a lot more than a simple questioning. ]

[frenziedazure]

... then reluctantly I would give her as she wants. Her death if she desires it while wondering what I could have done before.

(Even he's not certain how else he'd react, he did in some form hope she didn't have hand in any of it. That her only part of it involved really the Monastery being under attack, artifacts being stolen if he had heard correctly as well.)

I do not consider it a good thing that I have to do such a thing but if I must, I must. I will obtain justice however must be done, even if it means I would not like how I obtained it.

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It is an unenviable situation that you find yourself in, for certain.

[ And yet one major outcome strikes her as unanswered: what if she gives him the answers he seeks, what if she confirms his fears... yet does not desire her own death? The question is perhaps a hard one... and one for now she chooses not to pose. ]

At the very least, I'm glad your will is unshaken. The path of justice may not be easy to follow, but I believe at least that it will serve you better than any other.