[Hence him asking about Teach for once... but he felt like he wasn't really any closer to an answer. With a template to model himself after, what was he meant to do?]
I'll have to find my own way, somehow.
[He huffed.]
Funny how I find that more daunting than any battlefield I've been on before.
[And he fought Shez! And giant machines! Which... he still didn't know where they had come from or how the dark mages constructed them, but that was still in his Top Five Weirdest Things I've Fought list.]
Just between you and me, I was terrified when I first staked my claim as my grandfather's heir. I had no idea what I was getting into, not really. But I did it anyway, because it was what I felt I needed to do.
I hope it's the same for you. That you'll find a path you'll do anything to walk, no matter how daunting it is. If anyone's capable of that kind of resolve, it's you.
You flatter me. I'm quite lacking in resolve, you know.
[When having to make his own long-term decisions, that is. Sothis always told him he was too cautious, too hesitant, and that he needed to be more decisive like her: "just act!" she would sigh, and get annoyed when Byleth would just shrug at her helplessly.]
It took me too long to confront you about your secretiveness, for example. I was worried I'd offend you and ruin things, so I made excuses and avoided it. In truth, I wasn't acting any better than you.
[Byleth had always been better at bluntly laying out his flaws and failures than directly discussing his emotions, as confusing as they could be, so he just focused on that instead. His flaw was his hesitation, and his failure was letting it dictate his behaviour, therefore he needed to improve his resolve and emotional fortitude... somehow.]
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[Hence him asking about Teach for once... but he felt like he wasn't really any closer to an answer. With a template to model himself after, what was he meant to do?]
I'll have to find my own way, somehow.
[He huffed.]
Funny how I find that more daunting than any battlefield I've been on before.
[And he fought Shez! And giant machines! Which... he still didn't know where they had come from or how the dark mages constructed them, but that was still in his Top Five Weirdest Things I've Fought list.]
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I hope it's the same for you. That you'll find a path you'll do anything to walk, no matter how daunting it is. If anyone's capable of that kind of resolve, it's you.
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[When having to make his own long-term decisions, that is. Sothis always told him he was too cautious, too hesitant, and that he needed to be more decisive like her: "just act!" she would sigh, and get annoyed when Byleth would just shrug at her helplessly.]
It took me too long to confront you about your secretiveness, for example. I was worried I'd offend you and ruin things, so I made excuses and avoided it. In truth, I wasn't acting any better than you.
[Byleth had always been better at bluntly laying out his flaws and failures than directly discussing his emotions, as confusing as they could be, so he just focused on that instead. His flaw was his hesitation, and his failure was letting it dictate his behaviour, therefore he needed to improve his resolve and emotional fortitude... somehow.]