"I agree. Though I hope more of the victories to be won in the future are to be decided in the boardroom rather than the battlefield, I also think such hopes are likely idealistic at best. This new Ishgard is young and young countries often need more might than they do politics. I don't think it a coincidence, to find myself still the one a great number of people seem inclined to turn to." There's no self-aggrandizement in the statement, it is simply fact. "There is precedent for magic users to be in the ranks of The Knights Most Heavenly and the Heaven's Ward alike. Though you need not be an official member of the military, of course, most people should recognize such a thing, even the more... difficult members of the nobility."
"You would, of course, need to be both ready and willing to fight for such a thing to have the appropriate weight, however," he points out. He doesn't doubt she is, of course, but he does want to make sure that she understands all the same. It is unlikely that it will be necessary, but Aymeric is aware that there is still unrest and instability in the country. Assassination isn't likely, given the power vacuum it would create, but it is possible.
Would you be willing to fight for Ishgard and would you be willing to fight to protect me are two different matters, he's well aware. If she's by his side and armed, it is clear which of the two people will be expecting.
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"I agree. Though I hope more of the victories to be won in the future are to be decided in the boardroom rather than the battlefield, I also think such hopes are likely idealistic at best. This new Ishgard is young and young countries often need more might than they do politics. I don't think it a coincidence, to find myself still the one a great number of people seem inclined to turn to." There's no self-aggrandizement in the statement, it is simply fact. "There is precedent for magic users to be in the ranks of The Knights Most Heavenly and the Heaven's Ward alike. Though you need not be an official member of the military, of course, most people should recognize such a thing, even the more... difficult members of the nobility."
"You would, of course, need to be both ready and willing to fight for such a thing to have the appropriate weight, however," he points out. He doesn't doubt she is, of course, but he does want to make sure that she understands all the same. It is unlikely that it will be necessary, but Aymeric is aware that there is still unrest and instability in the country. Assassination isn't likely, given the power vacuum it would create, but it is possible.
Would you be willing to fight for Ishgard and would you be willing to fight to protect me are two different matters, he's well aware. If she's by his side and armed, it is clear which of the two people will be expecting.