[Despite the careful way he touches her Edelgard still flinches. He asks his question, and when her eyes finally meet his some time has gone by with silence between them.]

I do not know.

[Her voice is soft and belies her apprehension.]

I wished to be honest and clear the air, but I am unsure of where to go from here. And I dislike that uncertainty.

[After all her life has always had an end goal until now. First, to become Emperor, then it was to overthrow the Church, and then to take down Those Who Slither. But where is here life now? Where is the certainty? What end goal is there to this?]