[The conversation does actually put him at ease. Not that he'd expect Balthus to be any different no matter when he'd meet him, but it's still just charming and nice to be around him like this.]

You should tell me more stories about Holst sometime. You two sound like you got up to a lot.

[He also isn't entirely certain how much of Almyra he should mention. True, he's at odds with Claude right now, but Ashe absolutely respects his personal information. So, for now, he keeps it to himself.]

I guess there's one more thing I should try to air out. I don't know how much Yuri told you, but... I wanted to make sure you at least understood. I, ah-- the whole thing with Aelfric and the Chalice. That happened about five years ago for me. I'm not really good at explaining this circumstance, but I wanted to be honest with you about that too.