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Edelgard enters the scene

Byleth enters the scene

Yes? Oh! It's you, Professor. I was certain it was Hubert coming to drag me back to my duties.

"Your Majesty, you must know your supreme talents are needed at present. Why not gaze at these documents instead of the sky?"

That sounds like Hubert.
That didn't sound like Hubert at all.

Edelgard

Doesn't it? And the worst part is that he's always right, so I can't even argue with him.

Edelgard

No? Well then. And here I thought my Hubert impression was second to none.

Edelgard

But that's enough about Hubert for the moment.

Edelgard

While I have your attention, I'd like to thank you for your help in that last battle.

Edelgard

As you well know, I'm perfectly capable of commanding the army by myself.

Edelgard

However, when you're around, it's somehow different.

Edelgard

I'm not sure I can properly explain it. I suppose your perspective on the battlefield is simply sharper than mine.

Edelgard

When you're devising tactics and tricks for us, it's almost as though you can read the enemy's mind.

Edelgard

There's no getting around it. Your talent for strategy far exceeds my own. I'm quite jealous in all honesty.

You have many talents that I lack.
Sometimes, I'm jealous of you too.

Edelgard

Is that a fact? Well, if you insist.

Edelgard

I suppose a flower from another's field is always more beautiful.

Edelgard

I'll admit, I think of you as rather detached, so to hear that you have emotions such as jealousy is... something of a relief.

I'm not detached.
I could say the same of you.

Edelgard

Oh, but you are! Don't even try to argue.

Edelgard

But I suppose I'm much the same. I've also distanced myself from the ordinary world.

Edelgard

I can't deny it. Ever since I underwent those... procedures, I've certainly distanced myself from the ordinary world.

It seems we were fated to be friends.

Edelgard

Friends... That word somehow doesn't seem adequate.

Edelgard

Besides, we've been friends for a long time, you and I. By now, we're so much more than that, at least in my mind.

Edelgard

You know...instead of Edelgard, you can call me just El. If you so please.

Edelgard

That's what my parents and closest sisters used to call me when I was little.

Edelgard

Now there's no one left who calls me El...

Edelgard

But with you, well...I think I could allow it. In fact, it would mean a great deal to me.

Why is that?

Edelgard

Why? Hmm...

Edelgard

Well, you have stood beside me and shared my burdens. As I said, you are much more than a friend.

Edelgard

In truth, you are like family to me. I suppose that's why.