[Claude's long since given up on getting ready to fly, so he sinks down onto the grass to sit, his wyvern laying down with him, perhaps sensing the change in her master's temperament even if she isn't privy to the communion. The companionship, at least, encourages him to keep going, so he gives Naira a pat on her scaled flank before he settles back against her and continues.]
Well... I went to Hayame at the roots, to check on how she was doing. I wanted to let her know that she wasn't alone, whatever happened to the Tree, even if... even if it was the end.
She didn't believe my intentions, of course, so she demanded my Shard to determine if I was telling the truth. I gave her it, and told her about how I felt, and about how much I respected and admired her, and that I wanted us to be friends. In response, she just kind of...
[Is this too much? He wonders if he should respect Hayame's privacy at this point, so he veers away from the detail about how she had broke down sobbing, had clung to him and sobbed her hearts out. How she had confessed to killing Liem for his betrayal. Still, Byleth will feel a powerful current of deep sadness that Claude had felt from Hayame, amplified by their circumstances back then, as if the emotion had been Claude's own.
In a way, it was, if only because it grieved him to see her suffering, that she had seemingly gone her entire life like this, and so even one small gesture of kindness was enough to shatter her completely. Thinking back on it, it was almost more than he could handle, too.]
...She's really suffered a lot. She's still suffering. I thought I could be someone who could ease her pain, even a little, but I think I just made things worse.
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Well... I went to Hayame at the roots, to check on how she was doing. I wanted to let her know that she wasn't alone, whatever happened to the Tree, even if... even if it was the end.
She didn't believe my intentions, of course, so she demanded my Shard to determine if I was telling the truth. I gave her it, and told her about how I felt, and about how much I respected and admired her, and that I wanted us to be friends. In response, she just kind of...
[Is this too much? He wonders if he should respect Hayame's privacy at this point, so he veers away from the detail about how she had broke down sobbing, had clung to him and sobbed her hearts out. How she had confessed to killing Liem for his betrayal. Still, Byleth will feel a powerful current of deep sadness that Claude had felt from Hayame, amplified by their circumstances back then, as if the emotion had been Claude's own.
In a way, it was, if only because it grieved him to see her suffering, that she had seemingly gone her entire life like this, and so even one small gesture of kindness was enough to shatter her completely. Thinking back on it, it was almost more than he could handle, too.]
...She's really suffered a lot. She's still suffering. I thought I could be someone who could ease her pain, even a little, but I think I just made things worse.