Oh, I ended up getting away with a lot more than what people realized.
[ His fingers are playing along the rim of the teacup. There are... Not as many reasons now to hide things as there used to be. He's doing fine holding Almyra together, though some of his scheming is reserved for keeping his siblings at bay. Khalid doesn't want to put them down, of course, but he will if he needs to. Changing the warrior-like culture of Almyra isn't going to work, so he needs to restructure how that can look.
Though the next task is to talk to Teach in Fodlan. See if those borders between Almyra and Fodlan can be opened up a bit. Khalid has big plans. ]
Though no, I don't often insist on my sincerity. Usually I just allow people to think what they want since that would, ultimately, benefit me. Though that has no bearing here.
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[ His fingers are playing along the rim of the teacup. There are... Not as many reasons now to hide things as there used to be. He's doing fine holding Almyra together, though some of his scheming is reserved for keeping his siblings at bay. Khalid doesn't want to put them down, of course, but he will if he needs to. Changing the warrior-like culture of Almyra isn't going to work, so he needs to restructure how that can look.
Though the next task is to talk to Teach in Fodlan. See if those borders between Almyra and Fodlan can be opened up a bit. Khalid has big plans. ]
Though no, I don't often insist on my sincerity. Usually I just allow people to think what they want since that would, ultimately, benefit me. Though that has no bearing here.