[ it's strange and familiar in equal parts. five years was already a long enough time to be a general, but in some ways, dorothea has been fighting her whole life. ] My friend led a revolution. We met at a military academy, so I fought alongside her. It... I didn't enjoy it, but I believed in her vision.

It's been a year since we won the war. [ dorothea shrugs a little, not wanting to linger too much on those memories. even if they'd won, it hadn't come without a cost - and it wasn't permanent yet. ] I hope the same peace comes to your world soon. And I hope you can rest a little here.

[ and then, because she can't help her curiosity- ] What is... what does Grisha mean?