Decorum was something that Ferdinand understood. It was why he found himself so flustered so often in this place, much to the amusement or frustration of his partners. Edelgard had no need of it, Dorothea actively enjoyed breaking it, and Constance was... well, Constance. This, Ferdinand considers Manuela's willingness to dance around the subject with him an act of mercy on par with Saint Cethleann herself.

"That may indeed be their aim, I am afraid," he confirmed, though he wouldn't out it past the Augur to simply be a happy accident. It was hard to say at times. "Regardless, distasteful though it may be at times, this place serves as a bit of a respite for those of us from Fódlan, in a strange way. There are people from the Empire, the Kingdom, and the Alliance here, as well as Flayn and Seteth. We have all left the hostilities of war behind us, though the fighting has been over for quite some time for me personally."