[Dimitri frowns, a troubled expression on his face. He has mixed emotions regarding Claude's response -- it means that what Byleth told him is correct, which has its own implications given what else she said to him. And then there's what Claude didn't say, which troubles him, as well.]
Professor Byleth -- the one here, I mean -- told me about them, as well. According to her, they had been pulling the strings behind the scenes in Fódlan for a long time -- perhaps even dating back to the War of the Eagle and Lion.
As for Edelgard's drastic measures...
[He takes a deep breath. This was going to be hard to explain, especially since he is himself not sure of all the details.]
She went even further against my army. Those who slither in the dark, and the Demonic Beasts, were there, yes...but Edelgard had altered herself. Her own body. I was still waiting for details of the investigation back home before I was brought here, so I don't know everything. But apparently she used some kind of forbidden magic that affected her Crest. It transformed her, but not into a Demonic Beast. It was almost like...
[He pauses here, as he tries to figure out a proper way to explain what Edelgard had done to herself. He manages to figure it out, and continues on:]
It was like a combination of human and Demonic Beast. Her form was twisted, but still humanoid. She still retained her mental faculties. And her power...her power was immense. She was launching attacks at us from clear across the castle the entire time we fought our way to the throne room.
And when we did overcome her, she didn't die like a Demonic Beast does. She reverted back to her normal self. And even then, she was defiant to the end -- she attacked me one last time with her dagger, forcing me to finish her off.
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Date: 2022-02-21 01:47 am (UTC)Professor Byleth -- the one here, I mean -- told me about them, as well. According to her, they had been pulling the strings behind the scenes in Fódlan for a long time -- perhaps even dating back to the War of the Eagle and Lion.
As for Edelgard's drastic measures...
[He takes a deep breath. This was going to be hard to explain, especially since he is himself not sure of all the details.]
She went even further against my army. Those who slither in the dark, and the Demonic Beasts, were there, yes...but Edelgard had altered herself. Her own body. I was still waiting for details of the investigation back home before I was brought here, so I don't know everything. But apparently she used some kind of forbidden magic that affected her Crest. It transformed her, but not into a Demonic Beast. It was almost like...
[He pauses here, as he tries to figure out a proper way to explain what Edelgard had done to herself. He manages to figure it out, and continues on:]
It was like a combination of human and Demonic Beast. Her form was twisted, but still humanoid. She still retained her mental faculties. And her power...her power was immense. She was launching attacks at us from clear across the castle the entire time we fought our way to the throne room.
And when we did overcome her, she didn't die like a Demonic Beast does. She reverted back to her normal self. And even then, she was defiant to the end -- she attacked me one last time with her dagger, forcing me to finish her off.