Since all the way back then? Sure, you were obsessed with me, but... [Well, he figured Lorenz was just following his father's orders to keep tabs, but otherwise he couldn't stand him. It was only when the war kicked off and Lorenz defied his father to return to Garreg Mach that Claude wondered if things were a little more complicated.]

I... didn't realise. And I wouldn't have left so abruptly if I knew you'd have been miserable. I just didn't want you to learn the truth, only for you to hate me.

[He knows better now of course, but back then, how Lorenz would take the news was a dangerous gamble he didn't care to take. Not when Fódlan needed unity above all else.]

But enough about me. Anything you do from here is your call, all right? Just take some time to think about that.