[ That's a good tidbit about Linhardt being disappointed. Makes the whole thing more convincing since he can easily picture it - especially having witnessed that same disappointment when Hanneman taught the Lions. But Sylvain seems pretty sincere in what he's saying, and that's not helping to answer any of the rapidly growing number of questions Claude has. ]

Yeah, because we won. Mostly thanks to Teach keeping us organized, and Manuela and Hanneman both sat out so he was the only professor out there fighting with students.

[ Then there's that one other piece of information he's been deliberately ignoring until now, having been glad to see a familiar face at last: that he's not actually sure what happened to Sylvain after that terrible reunion between all of them as adults at Gronder. Only one way to find out. (Maybe.) ]

You look... [ a quick appraising glance to double check; don't take offense, Sylvain - ] old enough to know about the war. Why don't you tell me what you remember of it?