Hubert & Hanneman C

Hanneman
Hubert, my boy. It's rather rare for the two of us to see one another with no one else around, isn't it?

Hubert
Yes, I believe it is.

Hanneman
I was good friends with your father, you know. Perhaps this is fate, eh?

Hanneman
Of course, when I left the Empire, I broke off my friendship with him...and, well, everyone else.

Hubert
You were right to sever ties with such a miserable piece of filth.

Hanneman
Sharp words, Hubert. Contemptible though your father may be, he is still your father.

Hubert
Don't overcomplicate it. I will not forgive him. Ever.

Hubert
Contemptible is just the right word for the wretch.

Hanneman
I assume you're talking about the Insurrection of the Seven.

Hanneman
At the time, I was already at Garreg Mach. I know nothing more than hearsay.

Hanneman
That said, I found it hard to believe that Lord Vestra would challenge the emperor like that.

Hubert
Yet that's exactly what he did.

Hubert
Since the dawn of the Adrestian Empire, House Vestra has served House Hresvelg as the emperor's right hand.

Hubert
My father spat on a legacy of loyalty and devotion that had lasted 1,100 years.

Hubert
He conspired with the ministers to usurp power from the emperor. And Lady Edelgard...

Hanneman
In your father's defense, the emperor was attempting to take power from the Seven Houses.

Hanneman
The emperor's reform was an attempt to concentrate power in the hands of the throne.

Hanneman
The nobles...put a stop to that. Emperor Ionius lost the ensuing power struggle.

Hanneman
You hope she can cease this never-ending conflict? That's quite a goal, Hubert...