Echoes Base - Clair, Clive, Mathilda

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Clair

1
Um, Alm...I apologize for the horrible things Fernand said to you. Please don't think all nobles feel like that. Fernand is just...he has his own circumstances but he is not a bad person. My brother and I have been friends with him since we were children. Fernand loves Clive like a real brother. He just kept following after him and in the end he even joined the order of Zofia. I hated to be left out so I joined as well. Eh? Is joining really that easy? Who knows...I couldn't tell you much about it. I got accepted after asking father about it.

2
Alm, I heard from Gray that Celica was your childhood friend. So that is why you seemed so close isn't it? I am glad. Ah! No, I was just talking to myself. However is that girl truly a mere priestess? I can't quite put my finger on it but she's quite graceful and...
she has a similar aura to you.

3
Ah, how do you do Alm? Eh? I don't seem well? That is not true, I just miss my home at Zophia a little. Mother and father, my wet nurse, my maid, the rest of the servants...I wonder what they are all doing now. If they were to learn I have been washing my hands before meals on my own and eating dried fish I'm sure they'd faint. Ah, I feel like dressing up and dancing with all my strength. How about you Alm? Oh I see. Don't worry though, I shall teach you. So um...when this battle is over won't you dance with me? I don't mind even if it's only once.


Clive

1
My family and Fernand's have known each other for ages so along with Clair, the three of us grew up like siblings. However due to this famine there was an insurrection in his territory...His estate was attacked and his parents, his oldest sister and even his younger brother and sister perished. After that Fernand started being extremely hostile to commoners...He has been quite rude to all of you as well so I'd like to apologize in his place. Eh? It's like I'm really his older brother? Haha, well, this is hardly the first time I've had to clean up after him.

2
When the king fell to Desaix and the order of Zofia dissolved it was Mathilda who said we should try and start the deliverance. Amidst the chaos I couldn't think straight...and yet she, calm as always showed me which I path I had to take. I have met a great a number of women that dressed up beautifully and followed after me but Mathilda was the first one who stood next to me and saw things the same way. That woman is a goddess, she's wasted on me.

3
I have been lamenting over my choices all the way here Alm. But owing to you I can now say with confidence I did everything right. Thank you. Come now, Rigel's castle is just in front of us. Lord Alm, our leader, show us the way till the end.


Mathilda

1
What is it Alm? Need anything? ...You're curious about my way of talking? Right. Well, my father was a soldier celebrated for his military achievements and I've been training with him since I was a kid so his speech style kinda rubbed off on me. When I saw how all the other nobles' daughters speak even I thought I should change but for some reason everyone tried really hard to stop me. So it's been like this ever since.

2
Do you have any siblings Alm? Oh, I just got a letter from my little sisters pestering me about coming back so I thought I'd ask about other people's experiences. You see, it's not like they are children and I don't think I'm alone in saying this but...Clair is quite attached to Clive. Perhaps younger siblings really love their older ones more than the latter realize...My sisters you say? I've got 4 of them. They are cute and all but the problem is they're noisy as hell.

3
Clive and I got together when I entered the order of Zofia. Our families knew each other before that but...Clair wouldn't let me get close. Seeing Clive fighting in the battlefield was like seeing a hero step out of a legend. I thought there's no other person I'd rather give my heart and body to. He's pretty imposing but when we're alone he's actually quite...oops, I think I've said too much.