[Byleth easily set down his burden as well, pausing to straighten out his tunics where they had rumpled.]
Mm, but it was inevitable something of this nature was going to happen. At least the bandage has been torn off now.
[There was a relief, of sorts, of having the line drawn in the sand and knowing where, exactly, your rival stood. Byleth had been unsure with the ambiguity of Meridian and Zenith's relationship - Yima preached cooperation, Claude desired compromise, who knew what the Zeniths wanted... yet now, in Alenroux at least, they were aggressive rivals competing over a resource. For Byleth, mercenary that he was, he could understand that.]
But you're right, it's yet another commitment to juggle amongst the other events plaguing the factions. This occupation, for one, has thoroughly disrupted a task handed to me by Cetina... after I had gained a promising lead as well...
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Mm, but it was inevitable something of this nature was going to happen. At least the bandage has been torn off now.
[There was a relief, of sorts, of having the line drawn in the sand and knowing where, exactly, your rival stood. Byleth had been unsure with the ambiguity of Meridian and Zenith's relationship - Yima preached cooperation, Claude desired compromise, who knew what the Zeniths wanted... yet now, in Alenroux at least, they were aggressive rivals competing over a resource. For Byleth, mercenary that he was, he could understand that.]
But you're right, it's yet another commitment to juggle amongst the other events plaguing the factions. This occupation, for one, has thoroughly disrupted a task handed to me by Cetina... after I had gained a promising lead as well...