@tarnishedxknight (Basch) sent: “I didn’t know we hired your kind into our guards.” (I was thinking in an AU where Raminas signed a treaty with Archadia and his assassination never occurred, so Archadians are just occupying Rabanastre and filling their ranks?)
"You are welcome to take such issues to your King, Ser Ronsenburg." Gylfie replied flatly. "I am here on orders from Emperor Gramis, on agreement between him and King Raminas to bolster Dalmasca's ranks." And it was something she was far from pleased about.
She understood the importance of it - of making sure Dalmasca was secured under Archadian rule and that Rozarria would not easily sweep in and take her - but it did not mean she had to be happy with the new arrangement. It meant being away from Drace and Gabranth for however long, and stuck with shockingly pigheaded Knights. Perhaps they held a strong sense of honor, but the amount of comments and looks of the fact she was a woman in a militant position almost drowned out the open disdain and hostility for being Archadian. She had expected the latter and braced herself for it easily enough, and braced herself to an extent for even the former, as she was used to such in the Empire, but to this extent? By the gods, if she received one more comment...
Then, of course, there was the matter of the Knight Captain who now stood before her. Gylfie had heard all about him from Gabranth, and it took everything in her to keep herself steady. The urge to snap at him - to leap to the defense of her mentor without him even there - burned in her heart, but she did well to keep it tempered. To hide it, and remain expressionless. To remain steady with the sudden change for them all.
But, oh, was she not pleased her station was below Basch's. She would need to watch herself, she knew, especially with tensions as high as they were. She needed to aid the Empire in gaining the favor and trust of Dalmasca - not ruin it by picking a fight with their beloved Captain. Best to get it over with, then. "I am Judge Ynarra. I have been sent to remain in Rabanastre for the foreseeable future, and I have been told you will be handling my exchange."
