[There's a long pause, as Claude tries to get the measure of the question, detect any trace of hostility or any other intent behind it. This was why it was easier to just avoid the subject; it got his hackles up, and he had no way of predicting if this Byleth's opinion of Almyra lined up with his own world's.
But dodging the question would be like answering the question, just in another way. So, he relents.]
Yeah, I am.
[A loaded pause, then as if to silently ask: what's it to you? before he continues.]
no subject
But dodging the question would be like answering the question, just in another way. So, he relents.]
Yeah, I am.
[A loaded pause, then as if to silently ask: what's it to you? before he continues.]
My mother's from Fódlan, and my father's Almyran.