Huh, even I haven't heard that one. Pretty wild to think Fodlan can both hate Almyra, but use its stories when it likes them enough, too. I suppose nothing unites people like a good story... just like the Church.

[If they're going to talk more frankly here, he might as well talk shit about the Church while he's at it. He's never known Dorothea to be a devout one.

As for the comment about his braid, he offers a lopsided grin.]

Look, getting me to dress in a stuffy Officer's Academy uniform was far enough. I wasn't going to cut my hair or change it to please people in Garreg Mach. People had me pegged as suspicious regardless. [He shrugs.] So long as I could do enough to pass as a Fodlan noble, I really didn't care about the rest.