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- Corrin: [surprised] Yukimura? I thought the war council wasn’t until sundown.
- Yukimura: [frown] It isn’t. I thought I’d avail myself of the war room in the meantime – its table, specifically.
- Corrin: What’s this…? This terrain you’ve drawn doesn’t look Nohrian.
- Yukimura: No… I’m thinking further ahead.
- Yukimura: Even after the war is won, there’ll be much to do in order to resecure Hoshido proper.
- Yukimura: Bandits and malcontents will be having a field day in our absence, and the death of the Mokushu daimyo will surely cause a power vacuum.
- Corrin: [sweat] So really, King Garon is just the beginning.
- Yukimura: Mm. Quite.
- Corrin: Do you really have to draw all this, though?
- Yukimura: [smile] There’s little aesthetic beauty to it, I know, but seeing our land laid out on paper… it helps me think.
- Corrin: [injured] ‘Our land’…
- Yukimura: Lord Corrin?
- Corrin: [sad] Even after all this, it’s hard to think of myself as truly Hoshidan. I… I don’t know that I deserve to.
- Yukimura: [surprised] Do their deaths still trouble you?
- Corrin: Yes, but it’s not just that. I… I don’t know if there’s a place for me here.
- Corrin: There’s so much I’ve missed, so many jokes and stories and battles…
- Yukimura: [frown] Do you regret choosing Hoshido?
- Corrin: No, never!
- Corrin: [sad] I’ll always think of them as my brothers and sisters, but… I could never have returned to Nohr.
- Corrin: Not after what happened to Mother.
- Corrin: And I’ve come to love you all so much…
- Yukimura: [smile] As have we you, Lord Corrin.
- Corrin: [blush] I… I don’t always feel so out of place here.
- Corrin: Not when I’m around you.
- Yukimura: [surprised, blush] I’m pleased to hear that. May I ask why?
- Corrin: If I had to say, I think it’s that you’ve always seen me for who I am – the entirety of who I am.
- Corrin: The child that was stolen away, the man who returned…
- Corrin: You never had trouble reconciling that. Not like the others did.
- Corrin: [sad] I know they meant well, but the way Ryoma and Hinoka fussed over me at first – all they saw was their infant brother.
- Corrin: And Takumi and Sakura, they only knew me as a cautionary tale.
- Corrin: I know they love me… but I’m not sure they know me.
- Yukimura: And you believe I do?
- Corrin: [smile, blush] Well, do you?
- Yukimura: I’d like to think so.
- Corrin: I guess- what I’m saying is…
- Corrin: [blush] After the war, is there a place for me by your side?
- Yukimura: [surprised, blush] Lord Corrin, are you…
- Yukimura: You’re quite certain?
- Corrin: [smile] Quite certain indeed.
- Yukimura: [smile, blush] Then… yes. I believe such a thing could be arranged.
- Corrin: [smile, closed eyes] Sounds like a plan.
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