[ they'd been separated in the course of the chaos, of course. there was no time for grand battle lines or strategies in a situation like this, no space for the general and her emperor to stand alongside their battalions against the world. still, byleth reaches out for her presence once the fighting dies down, tracing her sense of where edelgard is. she's covered in blood, very little of it her own. the coat she'd come here in is in tatters, though the enchanted cloak has held its own.
she manages to catch up before long, thankfully, coming back through the portal. she catches sight of that familiar silver hair from behind, and... doesn't say anything, just moves to start closing the gap. she'd been back in her element as the ashen demon tonight, for better or for worse. ]
aftermath
she manages to catch up before long, thankfully, coming back through the portal. she catches sight of that familiar silver hair from behind, and... doesn't say anything, just moves to start closing the gap. she'd been back in her element as the ashen demon tonight, for better or for worse. ]