@aurulent
There are many faces here she does not recognize. When she sees Claude, her memories of bows and axes swinging and maneuvering push themselves at the forefront. The last time Edelgard had saw him, they parted ways with few words. Full of tactics he always seemed to be, even as the Adrestian Empire further strengthened its regimes and reached ever-so closer to a unified land.
To find him here is jarring- Perplexing, even. Still, she does not show this on her face. Instead, she confronts him with pointed words.
“Claude,” she says. This cannot be what he meant, all those moons ago. No, certainly not. If she could not control her whereabouts here, it is logical to assume the same for Claude. “Why are you here?” Very likely, perhaps, a question with an answer that won’t satisfy her.
