0. Such concludes the report I received from my son. The Western Church's assault does not appear to have [cdb]meaningfully hampered the Kingdom's progress.
1. Glad to hear it. We'd better make sure we can [cdb]keep up.
2. It sounds like everyone's pulling their weight over [cdb]there, too. What a relief!
3. But Claude, what do you propose we actually do?
4. Crossing the Great Bridge of Myrddin will only land [cdb]us square in Bergliez territory, home to the Empire's Minister of Military Affairs himself.
5. I don't get how we can invade the Empire without [cdb]losing a ton of people.
6. Simple—we don't really invade. All we have to do is [cdb]make it look like we will. I told Dimitri the same [cdb]thing.
7. Remember, Garreg Mach is the actual prize here. If we get dragged into a mud fight deep in their [cdb]territory, pulling out won't be an option.
8. The most important thing is convincing them they [cdb]need to keep a nice, big flock of troops stationed to [cdb]defend the eastern front.
9. And how do we do that?
10. How else? We use the many-headed snake.
11. Uh, gross. I don't like the sound of this.
12. Don't worry, that's just the name of the strategy. It's an old trick they used to pull east of Fódlan.
13. Imagine our army's a many-headed snake, striking at [cdb]a bunch of different targets all at once.
14. Meaning not just the Great Bridge of Myrddin, [cdb]but every other bridge that spans the Airmid, too.
15. The second the Empire starts trying to sever any one [cdb]head in particular, we pull it back and redouble our [cdb]efforts from the others.
16. A plan as arrogant and brazen as our leader himself. And yet, an effective one, to hear tell of it.
17. At any rate, my opinion bears little weight in this [cdb]chamber. I leave the decision to you.
18. We need to consider all our options here.
19. If we really do reclaim Garreg Mach, Fódlan will [cdb]undoubtedly change.
20. And when it does, our army needs the strength to [cdb]greet whatever horizon awaits.