I wasn't raised to be a duke. My brother was. I barely had any time to learn anything about governing a dukedom before I went to the academy, and since then we've been at war. [Felix shrugs.] So if my cart is before the horse, it's because all I ever thought I would do was fight.

[He tilts his head, glancing at Claude.] You really love this stuff, though, don't you? Politics and culture, peacetime leadership. Most nobles I know don't really enjoy running territories, they do it because it's what keeps them in power. Not you, though.