[Edelgard could have plenty to say about all of this--that he should believe her, because she doesn't intend to do anything less than ensure that this rumor is quashed. She wants him to believe in her, because if this is true and he is her soulmate, she wants him to keep that belief even when war falls.

You always speak with such conviction... I want nothing more than to believe you.

Such words should have been something she took pride in. She should have said something, but the tingling feeling in her arm catches her off guard and it takes every ounce of willpower to not look towards her arm as she feels the words on her wrist react.

And yet all she can do is stare at Lorenz as he takes his hand back, and the shocked look on Edelgard's face stays. She doesn't know how to react--is this what it means to finally know one's own soulmate? How could she possibly tell him here and now, of all places, just what she's found out? With people staring, Hubert likely staring, all of it's too much--

Edelgard winds up finishing off her tea and grabbing another sweet before getting up as if she's been set on fire. She doesn't know how to handle this in the slightest, and this is likely the most openly stressed he's ever seen her.]

Yes, well--I'll be sure to take care of that rumor as soon as possible.

[Her words are rushed and frantic in a way that they don't usually get, but--]

I'm afraid I have business to attend to elsewhere. Excuse me.

[Edelgard practically rushes off, sweet still in hand as she makes her way out of there with...little to no regard for how thrown this is gonna likely leave Lorenz, but it's mostly to hide the growing red on her cheeks and just how much she's gonna hate having to talk about this with Hubert.

Uh. Sorry, Lorenz?]