(To tell the truth, he hadn't even realized it was lonely at the time. It was all he knew growing up. The feeling he felt at the time was normal and hardly worth noting. It wasn't until he came to Fodlan, met the Golden Deer, and fought with them that he'd begun to realize... his situation had become different. Realizing he was no longer alone made him realize he'd been alone before. And... this is only a realization he'd come to terms with very recently.
A realization he'd come to far too late in some cases.
Badira dips slightly, lining herself with a stream of air, spreading her speed picking up along with it. The motion is enough to snap Claude from his thoughts and he continues,)
Almyra. Fodlan. In this world, there are preconceptions. Fodlanders are weak. Almyrans are beasts. But if you asked, you would find that not many Fodlanders know any Almyrans, and most Almyrans haven't met any Fodlanders. And yet, they seem to know each other well enough to look down on the other.
We live in a world where people are defined by where they're from, the families they're born into, the burdens they inherited, the Crests they bear... Is it really living when everything is decided from the moment you're born?
(It's there that his dream begins to intersect with Edelgard's. He'd had a plan to make his drams come true and then...
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(To tell the truth, he hadn't even realized it was lonely at the time. It was all he knew growing up. The feeling he felt at the time was normal and hardly worth noting. It wasn't until he came to Fodlan, met the Golden Deer, and fought with them that he'd begun to realize... his situation had become different. Realizing he was no longer alone made him realize he'd been alone before. And... this is only a realization he'd come to terms with very recently.
A realization he'd come to far too late in some cases.
Badira dips slightly, lining herself with a stream of air, spreading her speed picking up along with it. The motion is enough to snap Claude from his thoughts and he continues,)
Almyra. Fodlan. In this world, there are preconceptions. Fodlanders are weak. Almyrans are beasts. But if you asked, you would find that not many Fodlanders know any Almyrans, and most Almyrans haven't met any Fodlanders. And yet, they seem to know each other well enough to look down on the other.
We live in a world where people are defined by where they're from, the families they're born into, the burdens they inherited, the Crests they bear... Is it really living when everything is decided from the moment you're born?
(It's there that his dream begins to intersect with Edelgard's. He'd had a plan to make his drams come true and then...
He sighs.)
Leave it to a war to throw off everything.
(Edelgard really got in the way.)