[Huh. She might ask about that in a less melancholy setting.

Inaction has always made Edelgard furious, especially when it's being forced on her. She is, at her core, with both her greatest qualities and her ugliest flaws,]

This game is rigged in favour of those who will kill at every turn. The sleeping song makes sure of that, and Hamelin has all the power, even outside of that. But I can't accept that there's nothing we can do, even if the opportunity isn't there yet... well. All we can do is try.

We owe that much to those we've lost.

[And she made a promise to Rika.]