[ McGillis smiles faintly at the pessimistic assessment of Alexei's goals - Edelgard really is merciless to the likeminded but that is also exactly what makes her effective. It's laughable how similar the three of them are in many regards and how much time they've all spent judging each other on the details of their convictions. ]

"My Piper", really now? Yuri will take offense.

[ He's joking, of course. ]

What kind of personality is your step-brother as opposed to you? How honest we can be to him from the get-go depends a lot on his baseline disposition.