(A/N: Alright! So, like Paralogue 3: Talking, this may seem shipbaity, and since it won't be anything too important like some of the other Paralogues, you can skip this if you want.
This Paralogue is in Lucina's view, soon after Chapter 18.)
Lucina ate her meal silently. She shouldn't think of it too much…but she had almost forgotten about her fears of a second Lucina until Malin had brought up her Falchion belonging to 'an old friend.' There wasn't much evidence to it…but it made Lucina start doubting herself again.
She decided to talk to Eisso about it. She was aware of the effect her mood had on the army, and she wasn't any good at hiding her doubts. She didn't want to be any more of a nuisance than she already was.
Since Eisso finished eating before she did, Lucina ended up making her way to his tent.
She stood in front of it for a few moments, a part of her wanting to just…walk away and deal with her problems herself. But she tried to do that earlier in the campaign and that didn't get her anywhere. Lucina sighed, and said, "Eisso? I…want to talk. I-if you're willing to listen."
"Give me a few moments," Eisso replied. Lucina heard a bit of shuffling around in the tent before Eisso opened up the entrance flap. "Come in."
Lucina nodded, entering the tent slowly. Eisso sat down on his cot, and Lucina sat on the ground beside it.
"This is about earlier?" Eisso asked.
"Yes…" Lucina replied, trailing off. Maybe this wasn't the best idea.
Eisso seemed to pick up on her uncertainty. "There's nothing wrong with it! It just saves the trouble of explaining everything again. Tell me what's on your mind."
Lucina sighed. "It's just… I don't know, I…" she couldn't even figure out what to say. Gods, why was she always fine talking to others until the conversation was about herself? Barely audible, she muttered, "Why am I such a damn disgrace?"
Apparently Eisso heard that. "Lucina! Don't say that. You know that's not true."
"You don't know that I'm not, either!" Lucina cried. "Father either thinks I'm someone else or hopes I'll become someone else. I can't handle immense stress. I'm a coward. I constantly lie to everyone. I'm supposed to be some other girl that doesn't have these problems—and if she does, she just puts on a brave face and ignores them."
"That's not true," Eisso insisted. "No one's perfect. Just because you have flaws doesn't mean you're a disgrace. Honestly, what did this even stem from? Before this war, I never would have guessed you were thinking of this stuff—and it's probably something that an adult would be able to help with more."
He brought up a good question, actually. And the answer to it was…complicated. Therefor, Lucina decided not to answer that specific statement. "I…don't want to bring this up with Father," Lucina said.
"And yet you come to me relatively easily?" Eisso asked.
"You're…easy to approach," Lucina replied slowly. She didn't want to say it out loud, but she also noted that explaining your problems to your parents could be harder than explaining your problems to friends. She knew better than to bring up parental relations with Eisso.
Eisso looked…a bit annoyed, actually. "Listen," he said, "You're not worthless. You're fine just the way you are. You don't need to be the other Lucina. All you need to do is…wield your Falchion and don't question yourself as much."
Lucina didn't respond right away. She looked up towards the ceiling of the tent. "I didn't mean to drag you into my insecurity hell," she said. "Honestly, I was going to just go over what Malin talked about…and then I couldn't figure out how to say it. But I'll leave so you can get some rest."
"No, Lucina. I want to help," Eisso replied. Lucina stood up to leave, but he grabbed her arm. She could easily pull away, but something in her mind stopped her. "How can I help you?"
"I'll tell you when I figure that out for myself," Lucina said. "But for right now…I just want to be alone for a little while."
It looked like Eisso wanted to protest, but he let her go. "Don't ever be afraid to talk to me, Lucina. We're friends, and that's what friends do. And if the war ends and you still have these doubts about yourself, then I'll see if Robin would still let me stay at the castle."
"…alright," Lucina said. She gave Eisso a weak smile before leaving.