[He's not looking at Emil now - his focus is on his cooking - but there's a strange sort of calm in his tone, almost nostalgic, but not pleasantly so.]
A leader without a goal is useless. Even something as vague as "we want to make the inhabitants of the village live happily", or "Brave Vesperia will keep Luceti safe" is better than nothing. When you've got an endgame, you look more like a solid leader; you're forward-thinking and you're confident. People look up to someone who makes a plan and sticks to it.
[It's why the entirety of the Oracle Knights worshipped Van and followed him even after he betrayed the world, after all- you just can't refuse that sort of unshakable determination.]
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[He's not looking at Emil now - his focus is on his cooking - but there's a strange sort of calm in his tone, almost nostalgic, but not pleasantly so.]
A leader without a goal is useless. Even something as vague as "we want to make the inhabitants of the village live happily", or "Brave Vesperia will keep Luceti safe" is better than nothing. When you've got an endgame, you look more like a solid leader; you're forward-thinking and you're confident. People look up to someone who makes a plan and sticks to it.
[It's why the entirety of the Oracle Knights worshipped Van and followed him even after he betrayed the world, after all- you just can't refuse that sort of unshakable determination.]