Ashe & Catherine C

Ashe
Hello, Catherine. I thought I might find you here.

Catherine
Is there something I can do for you, Ashe?

Ashe
Yes. Could you tell me what you know about this?

Catherine
This is quite an old letter. Where'd you find it?

Ashe
It was found in the bishop's room during the inquiry of the Western Church.

Catherine
Hm, I see. It's one of the documents you collected.

Ashe
This letter mentions my brother, Christophe Gaspard, by name.

Catherine
Hm.

Ashe
He was executed by the church for allegedly taking part in the Tragedy of Duscur.

Ashe
I know you were the one who turned him over.

Ashe
But this letter isn't about that. It's about a plot to assassinate Lady Rhea.

Ashe
If my brother's name is in here, that means this plot predates the Tragedy.

Ashe
So there was another plot against Lady Rhea in the past. And my brother was somehow involved.

Catherine
Ah...

Ashe
I can tell by your face that you know something.

Ashe
Tell me, Catherine. Please, I deserve to know!

Catherine
Christophe was a good man—maybe too good. It wasn't in his nature to mistrust people.

Catherine
So when the Western Church told him that Lady Rhea had to die for the goddess's sake, or the world's, he went along with it.

Ashe
Just how well did you know my brother?

Catherine
Christophe and I were friends. We were in the Blue Lion House together at the academy.

Ashe
If you were friends, why did you hand him over to be executed? There must have been another way!

Catherine
No. If there was another option, I'd have chosen it.

Catherine
But he was foolish. He went along with the plan to assassinate Lady Rhea.

Catherine
I wasn't motivated by a personal grudge. I had no choice but to turn him in. That much is true.

Ashe
I can't believe that my brother would try to assassinate Lady Rhea.

Ashe
But if he did, that means the church was lying about his involvement in Tragedy of Duscur, doesn't it?

Catherine
"Lying" is a strong word. The world was in chaos, and the church did what it had to.

Catherine
If people had known about the threat to Lady Rhea's life, the panic would only have worsened.

Ashe
So you're saying everything in this letter is true.

Catherine
You can choose what to believe.

Catherine
All I know is, I let him die. And that's something I can never change. Now, if you'll excuse me.

Ashe
Catherine, wait! Please!