[Unlike Lorenz's, Claude's own spirit mark had faded with time, after the spirit itself had disappeared.]

Beautiful... Already? I thought it might take years, decades to make that new dawn the sight I want to see. But if things have already begun to change, I'm glad.

[He holds Lorenz close, and lets out a breath he didn't know he'd been holding -- a sigh of relief. In some ways, it feels like a weight has been lifted from his shoulders, with how much has been on his mind lately.]

You mentioned there was a battle, but none of the good stuff. Can you tell me what it's like?