"I see," he grinned. "She sounds like a kind woman." And he could understand where Zelda had picked up many of her own personality traits as a result.

But he didn't think her hobby sounded any stranger than others enjoyed by the members of his company. He vastly preferred baking to practicing curses. And pitfalls.

"People tend to excel at the things they most enjoy, from what I've seen," he said as they tromped through the snow. "For me, it was swordplay. I learned very little else as a result. I may have been a little too enthusiastic." Chrom's smile widened behind the beard at the admission, a holiday twinkle in his eye.

"What else did you do for fun?"