"Please, I insist." It's more an automatic response than anything, an unspoken rule of the nobility from back in Fódlan. Edelgard has easily discarded most of those mannerisms here in Avalon (she still smiles at how flustered Lorenz during the casual nature of their tea meeting, a few months back), and yet she finds herself slipping back into them preferable in this case. No matter the world or how things ended, or will end between them, Edelgard and Dimitri have...a history. Falling back on formalities keeps things...peaceable between them. Formal, yes, but she has no desire to reignite a conflict already settled in her world. For now...assuming things ever change between them while they're here, this is the best way to interact.
A history that goes back further than she ever realized...at least on a conscious level.
She nods politely, folding her hands together on the table. "I have been, yes. Byleth's presence has made things here a great deal easier." She knows Byleth explained the exact nature of their relationship to him, no use dancing around it. "I pick up adventuring contracts and sell some of my artwork; between the two of us we've earned a comfortable enough living here." She gestures towards him as a waitress approaches to take Dimitri's order. "And yourself? Your work is enjoyable, I trust?"
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Date: 2021-10-30 03:40 am (UTC)already settled in her world. For now...assuming things ever change between them while they're here, this is the best way to interact.
A history that goes back further than she ever realized...at least on a conscious level.
She nods politely, folding her hands together on the table. "I have been, yes. Byleth's presence has made things here a great deal easier." She knows Byleth explained the exact nature of their relationship to him, no use dancing around it. "I pick up adventuring contracts and sell some of my artwork; between the two of us we've earned a comfortable enough living here." She gestures towards him as a waitress approaches to take Dimitri's order. "And yourself? Your work is enjoyable, I trust?"