I do. Unfortunately, as Dimitri's advisor, I don't have the luxury of only knowing about that 5% forever. Ugh. The thought of going back to that empty estate and assuming my father's position and duties feels like a prison sentence.

[Felix's eyes slide sideways toward him when he shifts his stance again, but says nothing about it this time. Is Claude doing it on purpose? Or is it really just as habitual as he said?]

I can't say I've ever had any goals grand or lofty enough to warrant such complex planning, and I don't want them. [His tone slips a bit into surliness. I loathe politics and management. I don't even like leading troops into battle. I'm a precision weapon, not a strategist.

What kinds of ambitions do you have that are loftier than leading the whole Alliance?