[HONESTLY!! And yeah that's fair and real. He quite likes having hands to hold that aren't, you know. Cold zombie hands. He gives Junpei's a gentle squeeze.]

I think a lot of us were, to be fair. [DEFINITELY EDELGARD but he himself was firmly settled until he read the letters from the dead.

He pauses at the question, though, frowning a little.]

Mm... I've been talking to a few people about it. Technically, we didn't actually follow any of their three paths exactly, did we? You were supposed to use the dagger for the third one. As Edelgard said, rituals do usually have to be exact.