[It'd certainly be so much easier to just... not get back up. But he's never been any good at quitting, or admitting defeat. And truthfully some part of that is the Exalt blood in him, neither Lucina nor Chrom seemed to even know how to give up. Maybe that's where he inherited all this determination from.

If there's any chance- any that he can save this other Morgan from Grima... he's not going to give up. He doesn't stand up right away, only pushing himself up to one knee, one hand resting on that knee while his other hand grips his tome. It's too soon to tell if this fight's actually over, but while she's down he has no intention of attacking again.]

... I know. If mother stopped teaching me tactics, I'd be pretty torn up too. But maybe you can still get that back, somehow. Not like this though.

[He sucks in another breath, cringing slightly as he does so. Yeah, that blast took more out of him than he first thought, although he thinks he's still got some fight in him. The armor under his cloak isn't just for show after all.]

If your father is anything like my mother, he's probably still in there somewhere. I don't think even Grima could kill him! But that's why we have to save him from Grima!