River Crossing/Conversations

Strategist

Tibarn: Your strategist is something else. Does he have some kind of magic hat that he pulls all his crazy ideas out of?
Ike: Well, I do pay him plenty for them.
Titania: Soren said this mission would fail without help from the Phoenicis army. We're asking you to take a very big risk, King Tibarn.
Tibarn: We can handle it. We can do anything if it involves teaching those vermin in Begnion a thing or two.
Ranulf: Soren has even answered some of Skrimir's more insane requests. He doesn't listen to a word I say, but when Soren talks strategy, he's all ears.
Ike: Is that why he hasn't been complaining during the briefings?
Ranulf: He says he looks forward to what the little strategist will say next. It looks to me like Soren's charmed his way into the most powerful position in this army.
Titania: I'm glad to hear it. He's changed, hasn't he?
Ranulf: Yeah, I think so. He still doesn't say much, but he's a lot more at ease these days. He used to be completely closed off, rejecting anyone who tried to get close. Like he'd locked himself away, all alone in his own little world.
Ike: We all lost and gained something during the Mad King's War. Maybe it wasn't a complete waste, after all.
Ranulf: Do you think we'll feel the same way about this war when it's over?
Ike: Who knows? We'll have to survive it first.
Ranulf: Fair enough.