Well...on the subject of Dimitri, there's good news on that front. He definitely got worse over the past five years - he ducked his execution at Cornelia's hands, but he was mostly living on his own in the wilds all that time, stewing in fury. [A beat.] Obviously, that's not the good news.
The good news is that he's been recovering since he got here. A lot. By now, he's almost like the Dimitri we all knew back during the better times at Garreg Mach. Just with...a lot more self-worth and guilt issues thrown in. Anyway, you don't have to worry about him, or at least in the context of his being safe to be around. Worrying about him taking proper care of himself or not falling into self-hatred would be a lot more reasonable. He's got my full confidence, and I don't give that lightly.
[His expression sobers.] As for someone from the Empire appearing...that's a tougher question. I'd like to say that if it's anyone other than Edelgard or Hubert, it'll probably be fine. I know our former classmates from the Black Eagles aren't thrilled about this war. And while I don't necessarily think they'd be disloyal to Edelgard, I also don't think they'd keep up hostilities here, in a place where the whole conflict is totally removed from us and there's no real way to further anyone's agenda. I think we could probably strike a truce with them easily enough...and who knows, maybe even mend some bridges.
Edelgard and Hubert, though...they're driven. I wouldn't put it past either of them to try to kill us here for the sake of the war back home. That said, they'd still be out of luck, because apparently it's not actually possible to die here. At least, that's what I've been told. As you can imagine, I'm not rushing to test it.
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The good news is that he's been recovering since he got here. A lot. By now, he's almost like the Dimitri we all knew back during the better times at Garreg Mach. Just with...a lot more self-worth and guilt issues thrown in. Anyway, you don't have to worry about him, or at least in the context of his being safe to be around. Worrying about him taking proper care of himself or not falling into self-hatred would be a lot more reasonable. He's got my full confidence, and I don't give that lightly.
[His expression sobers.] As for someone from the Empire appearing...that's a tougher question. I'd like to say that if it's anyone other than Edelgard or Hubert, it'll probably be fine. I know our former classmates from the Black Eagles aren't thrilled about this war. And while I don't necessarily think they'd be disloyal to Edelgard, I also don't think they'd keep up hostilities here, in a place where the whole conflict is totally removed from us and there's no real way to further anyone's agenda. I think we could probably strike a truce with them easily enough...and who knows, maybe even mend some bridges.
Edelgard and Hubert, though...they're driven. I wouldn't put it past either of them to try to kill us here for the sake of the war back home. That said, they'd still be out of luck, because apparently it's not actually possible to die here. At least, that's what I've been told. As you can imagine, I'm not rushing to test it.