Please tell him that the girl he knew is dead, but his gift meant the world to her.
[Obviously Edelgard isn't dead, but she feels as if she's no longer that little girl. That El had ceased to exist, and Edelgard is not completely human (which isn't completely inaccurate considering she got injected with thousand year old goddess blood). She views herself as detached from people. Alone and unable to connect. She's no longer a person, but a force meant to achieve her goals and then disappear from spotlight once things have stabilized.]
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[Obviously Edelgard isn't dead, but she feels as if she's no longer that little girl. That El had ceased to exist, and Edelgard is not completely human (which isn't completely inaccurate considering she got injected with thousand year old goddess blood). She views herself as detached from people. Alone and unable to connect. She's no longer a person, but a force meant to achieve her goals and then disappear from spotlight once things have stabilized.]