[Byleth had led with an attempt at comfort, because he had a warning to deliver close on its heels, yet despite halting Claude, he didn't have any words ready. He gazed at him for a moment, his expression as placid as always, before saying, haltingly:]
Judging by the method of Aetós's execution of her, her death was likely inevitable. It would've happened anyway, no matter what promises you made. The reason why I'm telling you this is because you should keep this in mind in the future, in case we encounter anymore of Aetós's subordinates. Unless we discover the means, and the counter, to the method he used to dispose of her, it's likely that all of his subordinates can be killed in the same way.
[Ah, here was the Ashen Demon. Perhaps it was simply the darkness of the hallway they were loitering in, or maybe the shadows playing about his face harshened the edges of his expression, but there was a particular... emptiness, in both his gaze and tone, as he tried to convey the warning in words delivered blunt enough to bruise.]
No matter how sympathetic you may find them... you shouldn't pledge yourself to lost causes. You can... only save those that are within your power to do so. So, please keep that in mind in the future. You'll only cause yourself further pain and disappointment, otherwise, thinking each of their deaths as avoidable mistakes.
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[Byleth had led with an attempt at comfort, because he had a warning to deliver close on its heels, yet despite halting Claude, he didn't have any words ready. He gazed at him for a moment, his expression as placid as always, before saying, haltingly:]
Judging by the method of Aetós's execution of her, her death was likely inevitable. It would've happened anyway, no matter what promises you made. The reason why I'm telling you this is because you should keep this in mind in the future, in case we encounter anymore of Aetós's subordinates. Unless we discover the means, and the counter, to the method he used to dispose of her, it's likely that all of his subordinates can be killed in the same way.
[Ah, here was the Ashen Demon. Perhaps it was simply the darkness of the hallway they were loitering in, or maybe the shadows playing about his face harshened the edges of his expression, but there was a particular... emptiness, in both his gaze and tone, as he tried to convey the warning in words delivered blunt enough to bruise.]
No matter how sympathetic you may find them... you shouldn't pledge yourself to lost causes. You can... only save those that are within your power to do so. So, please keep that in mind in the future. You'll only cause yourself further pain and disappointment, otherwise, thinking each of their deaths as avoidable mistakes.