I'm wondering the same thing. At this point, wouldn't it be so much easier to convince her siblings to run away with her? Certainly, it would be hard to find a place to seek asylum, but...
I imagine anything would be better than dealing with such a craven man any longer than they had to.
I suppose it was loyalty to their country that kept them there, but I really don't understand why they were all apparently fine going along with everything King Garon ordered.
[Like yeah, they sent Elise after Corrin, but really?? They didn't argue this to Garon's face??]
I imagine the rest of what we read likely won't make any of this make any more sense.
Nor do I. You would think that they would at least try...
[But...yeah, let's go back and read this shit. Linhardt's face is going to be perpetually annoyed throughout, because this is gonna be even more stupid...]
Well, it would seem that they managed to get through the forest easily enough, but Princess Corrin wound up getting lost in the snow and passing out, and she was found by the leader of the Ice Tribe. Naturally, once her identity was found out and the rest of her ragtag little group caught up, they were set to fight them.
And they proved victorious, without killing a single member of the tribe in the conflict. [Linhardt honestly almost sounds impressed.] It would seem that she truly did manage to quell the rebellion--or at least got them to halt such a thing, before any casualties on either side were sustained.
[...And naturally, when he turns the next page...]
And needless to say, King Garon wasn't happy about that, and Iago very gleefully explained the whole situation to him.
[...]
I'm starting to wonder if we shouldn't just convince the Askrans to do away with him. He seems like the sort who would throw anyone and everyone under the bus.
I knew he was horrible, but really... I would almost agree with you, except for our astounding lack of tacticians. While Iago is a dreadful person and his tactics are often too aggressive with regards to our own soldiers, he is unfortunately one of our only options.
[most of our ghbs haven't been tacticians...............]
I'm certainly not surprised to learn any of this, however. Should the opportunity arise, I will put in a word with the prince and princess.
I am rather impressed that Corrin managed to secure a victory without taking any lives.
That may be for the best. Perhaps you might be able to convince them to utilize some of those 'orbs' that they've spoken about once or twice.
[why are ghbs like this, why can't they be free........]
But truly, I agree; the fact that she was able to do so in the first place was nothing short of spectacular. It says that she even went out of her way to visit several villages within the battlegrounds, so that those within them wouldn't get needlessly harmed...
[Linhardt actually smiles, just a slight bit. As a pacifist in general, he's actually pretty here for this?]
...I can certainly see why she has so many people dedicated to her. It would be a sublime life, if nobody had to die in needless battles.
Certainly. It sounds as though this entire war was simply to fuel Garon's desire for conquest.
[ayyyy title drop!!]
It looks as though she continued doing her best to avoid taking any lives. Look here, she was sent to capture Notre Sagesse next but she was stopped by Prince Takumi's forces. She refused to kill him or any of his soldiers, however. I'm impressed she and her friends were able to survive through that.
It certainly seems so. What a useless, meaningless war...
[...but uh, you know, he's looking at this map now and. how. how the fuck do you deal with this--]
This is... [Linhardt usually doesn't care enough about tactics, but this is a nightmare and a half?] Even with Princess Camilla and her retainer's assistance, this genuinely looks like it was an entirely impossible battle. How on earth did she manage such a feat? She's either a far better tactician than she leads on, or she's just incredibly lucky...
[Linhardt's really not sure which it is, especially as he keeps reading...]
Hm. It would seem that she even managed to capture Notre Sagesse with much the same tactics, even facing down Princess Hinoka in the process...and they were able to meet someone known as the "Rainbow Sage", who imbued Princess Corrin's blade with a power that seems tied to another set of weapons that the Nohrian royal family wield...
[...oh. His expression sinks when he reads on.]
...Wait, wait. Garon ordered her to kill the sage? After doing such a thing for her?
...Why exactly were they continuing to follow his orders?
[LIKE. GUYS.]
I understand that most of the Nohrian royals are his children, but he's shown his true colors as both blatantly evil and a detriment to Nohr, so why would they not usurp the throne?
[they didn't even have to kill him, just seize power!!!]
[...You know what, thank you for addressing the elephant in the room.]
That's what I'm wondering! They're clearly rather powerful children, but Garon...he's such a vile man that's only waging this war to the detriment of his people. He should have been ousted when the lot of them had anything resembling a chance. It makes no sense why they wouldn't!
You would think that after all of the threats against Corrin's life, and threats against their own, that they would at least try to rise up against him.
[...The fury dies down a bit, when Linhardt gives it a tiny bit of thought, though--a very generous amount of thought, granted.]
...Though, I suppose it could very well be for that reason that they didn't. The book is very clear about how he's treated Corrin; perhaps he is so strong and insurmountable of a force that it would essentially result in their deaths, one way or another.
[...And that's not something pleasant to think about. Not that the next chapter in their book is anything pleasant either, what with this 'Uprising in Cheve' business. But this is honestly ghastly.]
Especially with Iago running about unchecked and being exceedingly annoying.
You may have a point with that. It's possible they thought they wouldn't have enough power to overthrow him on their own, but it still seems strange to me that they didn't try.
[He understands working with people you hate for a goal, but this? This is ridiculous. They're willingly serving as Garon's pawns to be moved as he sees fit, all while doing what little they can to save lives. How can they stand to be used like that?
...But maybe he's projecting a little too hard here.]
Perhaps we should skip ahead. I suspect most of the book is going to go much the same way, with battles that Corrin was forced to fight and victories with as many spared as possible.
[Still, it's...disgusting. Linhardt doesn't really have it in him to want to argue, so he'll start skipping past some of the battles, flipping the pages easily.]
But yes, let's see if we can't find something more interesting-- [Ah!] Well, here is something interesting. It would seem that Garon took a trip to a place called Cyrkensia, a town in Nestra. It seems he was fond of the opera house it had there, but something happened when one of the singers per...formed...
[...Waaaait a minute. Linhardt pauses when it shows an artist's rendition of the singer in question, looking over her long, blue hair as she seemed to flee...]
Wait just one moment.
[Linhardt flips back a few chapters to the one detailing what happened to Notre Sagesse, or at least a little before, and...]
Did--did Azura attack him? There's no one else who could have possibly had that long of hair, but surely she should have gone for a better disguise than a black rendition of her own outfit!
[...Lin hasn't read the part where they did, indeed, fall for it, but he genuinely thought Azura wasn't important...]
[Linhardt watches as Hubert flips back to the page, hoping even someone would have the sense to just--call Azura out on that? Because what the actual fuck???
And then Hubert speaks again, and Linhardt's look goes to where that actually worked and Princess Corrin seemed utterly naive, and Linhardt's honestly tempted to throw the book across the room.]
Why did that work?!
[THIS IS THE MOST EMOTION LINHARDT HAS SHOWN AT ANYTHING, AND IT'S EARTH-SHATTERINGLY STUPID]
What are they all, blind? There's absolutely no way that they could have not seen all of that blue hair, and the disguise wasn't even creative! Even the face veil amounted to essentially nothing!
They were all fully aware of Azura's appearance by this point, there is no excuse for not recognizing her. This is somehow even more baffling that Corrin didn't recognize her.
[Hubert is trying to remain restrained, but boy is it not working!! This is the stupidest thing he's ever seen, and he's spied on Ferdinand and Lorenz's tea parties before.]
I suppose now we know that everyone from Nohr is a complete idiot.
I agree with you entirely. There truly must be something in the waters of Nohr that lowers the intelligence of all who dare drink it, because there is absolutely no way that anyone can be this idiotic...
[narrator voice: and that was only the beginning of the idiocy]
Well, it would seem that at least worked, before Corrin wound up following Azura to... [...squints.] Another world entirely, it seems. I don't believe I've seen 'Valla' on any of the maps pertaining to this world...?
[His tone is curious, in case Hubert might have some knowledge.]
Perhaps it is...it does say that Azura entered it on her own, so perhaps it is a place she holds some familiarity with.
[Still, Linhardt reads on...]
It would seem that they got out of there alright, though the place was teeming with rather...human-like monsters, apparently. It's then that Azura revealed herself as the songstress, and while talking to Corrin, she tells her that the only way to put an end to all of this is to stop Garon.
Well, I hate to say it, but Azura may actually be the most intelligent person in this entire army.
[he says that, and then immediately reads further]
--No, I take it back. I take it all back. Hubert, please tell me I'm reading this wrong, and that this woman did not show irrevocable proof that Garon is apparently some kind of...hideous monster to Corrin, rather than wait to show all of their siblings.
[HE WANTS TO THROW THIS BOOK ACROSS THE ROOM AGAIN, OH MY GOD]
[Hubert just buries his face in his hands at that. Just. Give him a moment, this is so overwhelmingly stupid he has to try not to laugh because ohhhhh my god who allowed any of this. Why is everyone so dumb.]
This is the stupidest thing I've ever had the misfortune of reading, Linhardt. It's almost as though someone wrote an absolutely horrid novel and tried to pass it off as history. I would genuinely believe that were it not for the people from Nohr we have here.
[Big mood, Hubert. Big ass mood. Linhardt's trying not to do the same thing, really, at the sheer level of stupidity involved in all of this nonsense and the collective lack of brainpower between all parties here. How do these people live.]
Believe me, Hubert, I feel much the same.
[Linhardt just. Pushes the book Hubert's way, shaking his head disdainfully.]
Please, just skip to the end. I don't believe I even want to know any further history about this country, but I simply must know how they meandered their way to the end. I only have but sick curiosity left for how this travesty actually managed to end in their favor.
[He accepts the book and skips ahead, landing perfectly on the invasion of the Hoshidan capital.]
It seems as though the plan was to use Princess Sakura as a hostage to get her siblings to stand down. That's not the worst idea, at least. However, Garon insisted that they didn't need any of the other Hoshidan royals alive, which is stupid and blatantly evil.
[More or less what we've come to expect by now, really.]
It looks as though Corrin didn't kill Princess Hinoka, but she pretended she had in front of Prince Ryoma since Garon was there. He challenged her to a duel and she defeated him. Garon insisted that she kill him, of course.
[OF. COURSE.]
So Prince Ryoma did the perfectly sane thing of taking his own life so Corrin wouldn't have to.
[Goddess, this is torture. He's pretty sure this is a method of torture someone could actually use effectively on somebody else to make them break, and it's hideous.]
I suppose that's about as expected. Garon really can't stop being a tyrant for even five seconds, can he...
[Linhardt's just waiting for the end of this stupid story to come, and he's not surprised that Garon insisted that Corrin kill Ryoma but...
...Oh. Linhardt looks at the book when Hubert mentions that, but his face just. Kind of pales, in all honesty, before he has to turn away. Sure, it's...well, a very dumb decision on Ryoma's part, and yet Linhardt can't bring himself to feel too flabberghasted about it.]
...He must have been trying to spare Corrin from having to do such a deed.
[Linhardt's...definitely a little more subdued than he has been all conversation, but--]
What an awful thing. I can scarcely imagine how she must have felt after that...or just how Garon reacted to such a thing.
I... suppose so, but at the same time I don't understand how he could trust her with the future of his country.
[This really isn't the sort of conversation he should be having with Linhardt; his views on what a ruler needs to do for their country don't often line up neatly with most peoples'. So Hubert flips the page and frowns.]
Apparently Garon was fine with it, because it meant he'd won. He sent everyone out of the room in order to speak with his god, Anankos.
[Off to a good start here...]
And then Hans and Iago found proof that Corrin allowed Princess Hinoka to live so they decided to fight. For some reason.
[.................yeah we're not gonna talk about it. Either way, Linhardt's face contorts with disgust at the bit about Garon, but at this point, it's a day ending in y for them.]
I suppose I can't be too surprised...
[--wait wait.]
...Really. They really decided that was the course of action they wanted to take?
[...]
Please tell me her siblings were in the room when this happened.
[linhardt doesn't like wishing death on people but like. these smug fuckers have been around long enough]
[Linhardt almost breathes a sigh of relief. That must mean that Garon's finally gonna die, right, and then the story will be over???]
Well, better late than never, I suppose. Though I certainly wish that everyone in this room could have at least some form of intelligence...they truly are among the dumbest people alive.
[Just. Inhales sharply. God Linhardt's looking forward to this history lesson being over so he can judge the fuck out of every Nohrian, forever.]
I take it that they finally managed to defeat Garon after, yes?
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I'm wondering the same thing. At this point, wouldn't it be so much easier to convince her siblings to run away with her? Certainly, it would be hard to find a place to seek asylum, but...
I imagine anything would be better than dealing with such a craven man any longer than they had to.
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[Like yeah, they sent Elise after Corrin, but really?? They didn't argue this to Garon's face??]
I imagine the rest of what we read likely won't make any of this make any more sense.
[It's gonna be so dumb, isn't it.]
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[But...yeah, let's go back and read this shit. Linhardt's face is going to be perpetually annoyed throughout, because this is gonna be even more stupid...]
Well, it would seem that they managed to get through the forest easily enough, but Princess Corrin wound up getting lost in the snow and passing out, and she was found by the leader of the Ice Tribe. Naturally, once her identity was found out and the rest of her ragtag little group caught up, they were set to fight them.
And they proved victorious, without killing a single member of the tribe in the conflict. [Linhardt honestly almost sounds impressed.] It would seem that she truly did manage to quell the rebellion--or at least got them to halt such a thing, before any casualties on either side were sustained.
[...And naturally, when he turns the next page...]
And needless to say, King Garon wasn't happy about that, and Iago very gleefully explained the whole situation to him.
[...]
I'm starting to wonder if we shouldn't just convince the Askrans to do away with him. He seems like the sort who would throw anyone and everyone under the bus.
[JESUS, LIN?]
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I knew he was horrible, but really... I would almost agree with you, except for our astounding lack of tacticians. While Iago is a dreadful person and his tactics are often too aggressive with regards to our own soldiers, he is unfortunately one of our only options.
[most of our ghbs haven't been tacticians...............]
I'm certainly not surprised to learn any of this, however. Should the opportunity arise, I will put in a word with the prince and princess.
I am rather impressed that Corrin managed to secure a victory without taking any lives.
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[why are ghbs like this, why can't they be free........]
But truly, I agree; the fact that she was able to do so in the first place was nothing short of spectacular. It says that she even went out of her way to visit several villages within the battlegrounds, so that those within them wouldn't get needlessly harmed...
[Linhardt actually smiles, just a slight bit. As a pacifist in general, he's actually pretty here for this?]
...I can certainly see why she has so many people dedicated to her. It would be a sublime life, if nobody had to die in needless battles.
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[ayyyy title drop!!]
It looks as though she continued doing her best to avoid taking any lives. Look here, she was sent to capture Notre Sagesse next but she was stopped by Prince Takumi's forces. She refused to kill him or any of his soldiers, however. I'm impressed she and her friends were able to survive through that.
[that map looks like pure bullshit????]
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It certainly seems so. What a useless, meaningless war...
[...but uh, you know, he's looking at this map now and. how. how the fuck do you deal with this--]
This is... [Linhardt usually doesn't care enough about tactics, but this is a nightmare and a half?] Even with Princess Camilla and her retainer's assistance, this genuinely looks like it was an entirely impossible battle. How on earth did she manage such a feat? She's either a far better tactician than she leads on, or she's just incredibly lucky...
[Linhardt's really not sure which it is, especially as he keeps reading...]
Hm. It would seem that she even managed to capture Notre Sagesse with much the same tactics, even facing down Princess Hinoka in the process...and they were able to meet someone known as the "Rainbow Sage", who imbued Princess Corrin's blade with a power that seems tied to another set of weapons that the Nohrian royal family wield...
[...oh. His expression sinks when he reads on.]
...Wait, wait. Garon ordered her to kill the sage? After doing such a thing for her?
[HEY GARON??? WHAT THE FUCK???]
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[LIKE. GUYS.]
I understand that most of the Nohrian royals are his children, but he's shown his true colors as both blatantly evil and a detriment to Nohr, so why would they not usurp the throne?
[they didn't even have to kill him, just seize power!!!]
Corrin certainly didn't deserve any of this.
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That's what I'm wondering! They're clearly rather powerful children, but Garon...he's such a vile man that's only waging this war to the detriment of his people. He should have been ousted when the lot of them had anything resembling a chance. It makes no sense why they wouldn't!
You would think that after all of the threats against Corrin's life, and threats against their own, that they would at least try to rise up against him.
[...The fury dies down a bit, when Linhardt gives it a tiny bit of thought, though--a very generous amount of thought, granted.]
...Though, I suppose it could very well be for that reason that they didn't. The book is very clear about how he's treated Corrin; perhaps he is so strong and insurmountable of a force that it would essentially result in their deaths, one way or another.
[...And that's not something pleasant to think about. Not that the next chapter in their book is anything pleasant either, what with this 'Uprising in Cheve' business. But this is honestly ghastly.]
Especially with Iago running about unchecked and being exceedingly annoying.
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[He understands working with people you hate for a goal, but this? This is ridiculous. They're willingly serving as Garon's pawns to be moved as he sees fit, all while doing what little they can to save lives. How can they stand to be used like that?
...But maybe he's projecting a little too hard here.]
Perhaps we should skip ahead. I suspect most of the book is going to go much the same way, with battles that Corrin was forced to fight and victories with as many spared as possible.
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[Still, it's...disgusting. Linhardt doesn't really have it in him to want to argue, so he'll start skipping past some of the battles, flipping the pages easily.]
But yes, let's see if we can't find something more interesting-- [Ah!] Well, here is something interesting. It would seem that Garon took a trip to a place called Cyrkensia, a town in Nestra. It seems he was fond of the opera house it had there, but something happened when one of the singers per...formed...
[...Waaaait a minute. Linhardt pauses when it shows an artist's rendition of the singer in question, looking over her long, blue hair as she seemed to flee...]
Wait just one moment.
[Linhardt flips back a few chapters to the one detailing what happened to Notre Sagesse, or at least a little before, and...]
Did--did Azura attack him? There's no one else who could have possibly had that long of hair, but surely she should have gone for a better disguise than a black rendition of her own outfit!
[...Lin hasn't read the part where they did, indeed, fall for it, but he genuinely thought Azura wasn't important...]
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That's just ridiculous. There's no way that actually worked.
[He leans over to flip back to the page they were on detailing Azura's adventures and uh...]
...How did that work.
[GUYS????? WHAT THE HELL??????]
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And then Hubert speaks again, and Linhardt's look goes to where that actually worked and Princess Corrin seemed utterly naive, and Linhardt's honestly tempted to throw the book across the room.]
Why did that work?!
[THIS IS THE MOST EMOTION LINHARDT HAS SHOWN AT ANYTHING, AND IT'S EARTH-SHATTERINGLY STUPID]
What are they all, blind? There's absolutely no way that they could have not seen all of that blue hair, and the disguise wasn't even creative! Even the face veil amounted to essentially nothing!
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[Hubert is trying to remain restrained, but boy is it not working!! This is the stupidest thing he's ever seen, and he's spied on Ferdinand and Lorenz's tea parties before.]
I suppose now we know that everyone from Nohr is a complete idiot.
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[narrator voice: and that was only the beginning of the idiocy]
Well, it would seem that at least worked, before Corrin wound up following Azura to... [...squints.] Another world entirely, it seems. I don't believe I've seen 'Valla' on any of the maps pertaining to this world...?
[His tone is curious, in case Hubert might have some knowledge.]
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[Well, judging from the ??? in his tone, he's definitely not familiar with it.]
This is the first I've heard of it. Another world entirely...? I wonder if it was anything like being dragged here.
[Probably not, from the looks of it.]
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[Still, Linhardt reads on...]
It would seem that they got out of there alright, though the place was teeming with rather...human-like monsters, apparently. It's then that Azura revealed herself as the songstress, and while talking to Corrin, she tells her that the only way to put an end to all of this is to stop Garon.
Well, I hate to say it, but Azura may actually be the most intelligent person in this entire army.
[he says that, and then immediately reads further]
--No, I take it back. I take it all back. Hubert, please tell me I'm reading this wrong, and that this woman did not show irrevocable proof that Garon is apparently some kind of...hideous monster to Corrin, rather than wait to show all of their siblings.
[HE WANTS TO THROW THIS BOOK ACROSS THE ROOM AGAIN, OH MY GOD]
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This is the stupidest thing I've ever had the misfortune of reading, Linhardt. It's almost as though someone wrote an absolutely horrid novel and tried to pass it off as history. I would genuinely believe that were it not for the people from Nohr we have here.
[This is so stupid...]
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Believe me, Hubert, I feel much the same.
[Linhardt just. Pushes the book Hubert's way, shaking his head disdainfully.]
Please, just skip to the end. I don't believe I even want to know any further history about this country, but I simply must know how they meandered their way to the end. I only have but sick curiosity left for how this travesty actually managed to end in their favor.
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It seems as though the plan was to use Princess Sakura as a hostage to get her siblings to stand down. That's not the worst idea, at least. However, Garon insisted that they didn't need any of the other Hoshidan royals alive, which is stupid and blatantly evil.
[More or less what we've come to expect by now, really.]
It looks as though Corrin didn't kill Princess Hinoka, but she pretended she had in front of Prince Ryoma since Garon was there. He challenged her to a duel and she defeated him. Garon insisted that she kill him, of course.
[OF. COURSE.]
So Prince Ryoma did the perfectly sane thing of taking his own life so Corrin wouldn't have to.
[?????????????????????????]
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I suppose that's about as expected. Garon really can't stop being a tyrant for even five seconds, can he...
[Linhardt's just waiting for the end of this stupid story to come, and he's not surprised that Garon insisted that Corrin kill Ryoma but...
...Oh. Linhardt looks at the book when Hubert mentions that, but his face just. Kind of pales, in all honesty, before he has to turn away. Sure, it's...well, a very dumb decision on Ryoma's part, and yet Linhardt can't bring himself to feel too flabberghasted about it.]
...He must have been trying to spare Corrin from having to do such a deed.
[Linhardt's...definitely a little more subdued than he has been all conversation, but--]
What an awful thing. I can scarcely imagine how she must have felt after that...or just how Garon reacted to such a thing.
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[This really isn't the sort of conversation he should be having with Linhardt; his views on what a ruler needs to do for their country don't often line up neatly with most peoples'. So Hubert flips the page and frowns.]
Apparently Garon was fine with it, because it meant he'd won. He sent everyone out of the room in order to speak with his god, Anankos.
[Off to a good start here...]
And then Hans and Iago found proof that Corrin allowed Princess Hinoka to live so they decided to fight. For some reason.
[WHY IS EVERYONE HERE SO STUPID.]
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I suppose I can't be too surprised...
[--wait wait.]
...Really. They really decided that was the course of action they wanted to take?
[...]
Please tell me her siblings were in the room when this happened.
[linhardt doesn't like wishing death on people but like. these smug fuckers have been around long enough]
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[LIKE, GUYS. WHAT DID YOU EXPECT HERE.]
It looks as though Corrin finally revealed that Garon isn't the person they all thought he was, and asked her siblings to help her kill him.
...Why is she so dumb.
[She could have done this so long ago??? She could have had Azura bring the actual proof??? Ohhhhhh my god.]
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Well, better late than never, I suppose. Though I certainly wish that everyone in this room could have at least some form of intelligence...they truly are among the dumbest people alive.
[Just. Inhales sharply. God Linhardt's looking forward to this history lesson being over so he can judge the fuck out of every Nohrian, forever.]
I take it that they finally managed to defeat Garon after, yes?
[PLEASE TELL HIM THE RIDE ENDS HERE.]
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