[He folds his arms in front of him, resting his chin over them.]

Basically, the relations between our country, Ylisse, and the neighboring one of Plegia have always been a pretty stressed, no thanks to her father. They've been pushing for war and she'd been trying to avoid it, always hoping for peace.

[Gaius shakes his head.]

She ended up getting caught, so we went to rescue her before she was executed. I don't think there was any clear-cut way out of that situation...

In the end, the Exalt took her own life to spare Chrom from endangering his, and to keep Ylisse from falling under Plegia.