I don't know. Jeralt usually told me what the objectives were and how to carry them out, so this is... difficult, for me.
[Sure, there was usually some flex if Byleth needed to make split-second decisions on the battlefield, but Jeralt was who made the final decision. Jeralt decided if they advanced, if they retreated, which client they made a contract with, if they'd honour the contract, if they'd find a loophole to wriggle out of the contract, where they'd go, where they'd ride out the lean winters, which side they'd pick when war broke out...
It worked, in Byleth's Fódlan. He had no ambitions beyond Jeralt. He didn't even think he'd take over the company if Jeralt ever retired. He was passive, and there was security in that passiveness, because he knew there was always someone to turn to for guidance: Jeralt, and eventually Sothis. He never had to think about these things for himself... until he did.]
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[Sure, there was usually some flex if Byleth needed to make split-second decisions on the battlefield, but Jeralt was who made the final decision. Jeralt decided if they advanced, if they retreated, which client they made a contract with, if they'd honour the contract, if they'd find a loophole to wriggle out of the contract, where they'd go, where they'd ride out the lean winters, which side they'd pick when war broke out...
It worked, in Byleth's Fódlan. He had no ambitions beyond Jeralt. He didn't even think he'd take over the company if Jeralt ever retired. He was passive, and there was security in that passiveness, because he knew there was always someone to turn to for guidance: Jeralt, and eventually Sothis. He never had to think about these things for himself... until he did.]