An exchange then? You want information in return for holding the Kingdom hounds at bay? How magnanimous of you, Claude.
[He knows that's not the truth. or at least not all of it. But he's... well, he's hurting. Seeing Byleth tore at something in him he didn't realize until now was exposed, and he wants to cause hurt in return. He doesn't need Claude's so called kindness or to get along with any of them. The Empire has already won- all he needs to do is maintain until he can return to his people. The real ones who truly matter to him.]
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[He knows that's not the truth. or at least not all of it. But he's... well, he's hurting. Seeing Byleth tore at something in him he didn't realize until now was exposed, and he wants to cause hurt in return. He doesn't need Claude's so called kindness or to get along with any of them. The Empire has already won- all he needs to do is maintain until he can return to his people. The real ones who truly matter to him.]