[There's a considerably long pause as Byleth briefly went over his mental script and realised that he hadn't prepared for this possibility. Most people tended to be irritable over Sothis - as she lacked tact or gentleness, and ran roughshod over anyone with less willpower than her (read: everyone). Most people were annoyed by her, or thought her as nothing more than an angry relic of the past shaking her fist at people. They, he admitted uneasily, disregarded her a lot.

...honestly, Rin feeling otherwise was a relief.]

Yes, she is. Sothis is very robust in many ways.

[She was a rock. Solid granite. Byleth was genuinely envious of how she simply barrelled through everything in her way without hesitation - be it physically or emotionally.]

I'm glad she didn't upset you. When I asked about her encounter with you, she just said she 'held your life in her hands' and that she, um, bit you, so I was concerned....

[In retrospect, Sothis might've been teasing him.]