Byleth, I much prefer helping a greater cause over sitting in my quarters wallowing in the silence.

[He smiled. Yes, there was a sense of emotional fatigue hidden inbetween the warm lines, but it wasn't overt. Lorenz needed something to dig his hands into and feel useful again.

...It was the closest he had come to admitting that his Bonded, Lapis Lazuli, had vanished from this realm. While he still had Sylvain, their relationship was strained by the differences in their timelines and the trajectories their individual wars had taken.]

Helping you in this endeavor would be a great honor, and I will make time for it.