[ Once upon a time, there was a Ferdinand who would have expected more formality from a fellow noble like Sylvain. But that Ferdinand has grown and gotten to know his fellow students from the Officers Academy, some more so than others. Now, the informality is a relief rather than a minor annoyance. And he would hardly accept an apology were one even offered. ]

That's quite kind of you to say. I must admit, I much prefer meeting my former schoolmates in situations such as this. While these have been an eventful past few days, at least we are granted a respite from fighting.

[ He seems truly relaxed in the spring, so much so that he seems not to notice that Sylvain has sat closer to him than he normally would. Perhaps that's because he's simply glad to see an old schoolmate, even one he only talked to on occasion. They were in different classes, after all...

Well, at the beginning, anyway. His memories are possibly quite a bit different than Sylvain's, but he has no way of knowing that. ]