[Byleth's surprise was probably clear as day through the Communion before it was swiftly squashed. He'd expected Claude to maybe make a comment and close off the topic - just because his shortcoming had been pointed out didn't mean he'd instantly try to overcome it - so he found himself a bit put on the spot since he didn't actually have a question prepared or anything.]
Well...
[In his sudden groping for a question, he remembered... when he'd first arrived here Claude had mistaken him for his Byleth, showing him his Sunbeam and saying that he could see everyone was doing fine in Fódlan and Almyra. He hadn't questioned it at the time, too bewildered about his circumstances as he was, and it had mostly slipped his mind since then. He had assumed Claude wouldn't elaborate anyways, even if he did ask.
However.
Byleth had met a few Almyrans - as enemies or mercenaries hiding their Almyran heritage - thanks to House Goneril padding holes in their ranks with mercenaries whenever the Almyrans got a bit too ornery. Jeralt considered such jobs relatively easy and a good payout for "little to no work". Despite that, Byleth harboured no malicious or negative feelings about the Almyrans: they were good fighters and had interesting tactics, far more wily than the more rigid minded Fódlans, and fairly distinctive with their dark skin and... hair...
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Well...
[In his sudden groping for a question, he remembered... when he'd first arrived here Claude had mistaken him for his Byleth, showing him his Sunbeam and saying that he could see everyone was doing fine in Fódlan and Almyra. He hadn't questioned it at the time, too bewildered about his circumstances as he was, and it had mostly slipped his mind since then. He had assumed Claude wouldn't elaborate anyways, even if he did ask.
However.
Byleth had met a few Almyrans - as enemies or mercenaries hiding their Almyran heritage - thanks to House Goneril padding holes in their ranks with mercenaries whenever the Almyrans got a bit too ornery. Jeralt considered such jobs relatively easy and a good payout for "little to no work". Despite that, Byleth harboured no malicious or negative feelings about the Almyrans: they were good fighters and had interesting tactics, far more wily than the more rigid minded Fódlans, and fairly distinctive with their dark skin and... hair...
...oh.]
Are you Almyran?