[ If she was speaking to anyone she doesn't care as much about as she cares about Claude, Ange may have pointed out that this is the sort of thing people say right before they go mad with power. She likes to believe that he'll be better than that though, so she doesn't, instead focusing on this from another angle that she can easily see. ]

I don't know what that is like. Dedicating your whole life to something like that. Especially when you might not even be alive anymore to enjoy the results. [ Sure, Ange has also dedicated the remainder of her life to something.

But it's such a small and selfish goal that she doesn't even dare to compare it to the grand plan for an entire country he's laying out here - like it's nothing. With such confidence, too. ]

I guess.. [ .. the girl's voice trails off.

It's like she's looking for the right words for something. ]

.. I just hope it makes you happy, Claude.