I agree, but I hope you're not putting too much pressure on yourself. In my timeline, King Dimitri was notorious for trying to shoulder the burdens of the Kingdom all by himself, and this eventually culminated in irrationality and self-harming behaviours - until his friends intervened, that is.
[Not to say King Dimitri and Claude were identical in how they were acting, but Byleth was keenly aware that Claude was an expert at deflection and pretending everything was fine - perhaps to his detriment. Where King Dimitri was bullheaded in his stupid selflessness, Claude was... sneaky.]
I'd hate to see you walk down the same path, Claude. I understand the need to be the voice of reason within a faction that's dominated by impulsive hotheads, but you shouldn't sacrifice your own wellbeing for it. You're not the leader of Meridian, that responsibility shouldn't be yours. It should be Cyrus's.
[Also, Byleth was of the mind that some people you just had to let them crash and burn before they learned something. The downside was that in this case, them crashing and burning had the risk of dragging them all down with them, annoyingly. This wasn't a mercenary outfit, where you could just kick those troublemakers out, or take them round the back of the tent and beat discipline into them. It was a complicated situation, and Claude was doing admirably to juggle it, but... it shouldn't rest all on him.]
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I agree, but I hope you're not putting too much pressure on yourself. In my timeline, King Dimitri was notorious for trying to shoulder the burdens of the Kingdom all by himself, and this eventually culminated in irrationality and self-harming behaviours - until his friends intervened, that is.
[Not to say King Dimitri and Claude were identical in how they were acting, but Byleth was keenly aware that Claude was an expert at deflection and pretending everything was fine - perhaps to his detriment. Where King Dimitri was bullheaded in his stupid selflessness, Claude was... sneaky.]
I'd hate to see you walk down the same path, Claude. I understand the need to be the voice of reason within a faction that's dominated by impulsive hotheads, but you shouldn't sacrifice your own wellbeing for it. You're not the leader of Meridian, that responsibility shouldn't be yours. It should be Cyrus's.
[Also, Byleth was of the mind that some people you just had to let them crash and burn before they learned something. The downside was that in this case, them crashing and burning had the risk of dragging them all down with them, annoyingly. This wasn't a mercenary outfit, where you could just kick those troublemakers out, or take them round the back of the tent and beat discipline into them. It was a complicated situation, and Claude was doing admirably to juggle it, but... it shouldn't rest all on him.]