... Duties. [ She repeats the word, slow. Not disbelieving, just ... wrapping her mind around it. She notes the reluctance in Sieglinde's posture, the way that she seems to struggle with what she wants to say.
And — Lucina has never been one to be good at ... speaking. Not like her mother, and certainly not like her father. Awkward and stilted when it counts, because while the desire to help is there, it's still... hard.
She's learning, though. Slowly. She watches Sieglinde's expression for a while longer; because she understands. To be so duty-bound to something that an alternative seems impossible, somehow ( yet at the same time, the idea that she could be away from Ylisse during the war is ... not a thought she wants to have ). She lets the silence stretch for a moment longer, before she eventually settles on a: ]
It would be unfair of me to ask you to abandon your duties. [ Honesty. For as difficult it is, there isn't much else she could do. This isn't a decision for Lucina to make on behalf of Sieglinde. ] But ... if you choose to remain here, regardless—
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And — Lucina has never been one to be good at ... speaking. Not like her mother, and certainly not like her father. Awkward and stilted when it counts, because while the desire to help is there, it's still... hard.
She's learning, though. Slowly. She watches Sieglinde's expression for a while longer; because she understands. To be so duty-bound to something that an alternative seems impossible, somehow ( yet at the same time, the idea that she could be away from Ylisse during the war is ... not a thought she wants to have ). She lets the silence stretch for a moment longer, before she eventually settles on a: ]
It would be unfair of me to ask you to abandon your duties. [ Honesty. For as difficult it is, there isn't much else she could do. This isn't a decision for Lucina to make on behalf of Sieglinde. ] But ... if you choose to remain here, regardless—
I'm afraid I cannot ask you to reconsider.