[ It's not mocking, it's friendly teasing! You know, as equal peers! But that aside-- ]

If we're doing this for my sake-- [ they're not. ] --then yeah, we do. How else are we supposed to lighten the burden and all?

[ So he's just going to go ahead and dig through the sack to set aside the small multitude of plushies Byleth has claimed -- an entire dozen, plus that hideous fish -- so Edelgard can have her pick. Hopefully their taste in squishables isn't terribly alike... ]

Here, you can pick from any of these. [ He pats at the still generously stocked sack. ] As for why I have so many, I guess I just ended up being pretty good at the game and got a little carried away with it. Maybe something was telling me I should have a welcome package at the ready, hmm?