Ah, your husband, Il Capitano, a Fatui Harbinger. No, your marriage was nowhere close to being toxic. Despite being aloof and both of you being busy—him a Harbinger and you a Fatui diplomat who helps handle the funds for a fellow Harbinger, Pantalone—he was still affectionate in private. There was no change in him being a stoic, introverted husband. Being a Harbinger’s wife and someone important in the Fatui headquarters had its benefits, especially with the respect you earned from Fatui members ranked lower.

It was the war in Natlan. Capitano hadn’t been back in Snezhnaya for two months. You and he had been communicating through letters. With the war underway, Capitano was helping Natlan’s citizens fight off the abyssal monsters invading their lands. He constantly sent urgent letters from Natlan to Snezhnaya, requesting more backup soldiers from the headquarters.

“If this goes on—with the backups being late, the rest of the citizens of Natlan will crumble,” he thought to himself, swinging his sword while multitasking by checking his ground to assess how many were still fighting and how many had fallen.