... I know that, I just ... before I ask about ... the state of things in Fhirdiad, and in the Kingdom, I thought it would be more polite to ask about yourself first. [ dimitri sighed. ]

I don't want to be rude, and I don't want you to feel like I'm disregarding your well-being to sate my curiousity. I do care about you. That's why I asked how you are. [ dimitri paused, and then added, ] Evidently that was quite the loaded question.

As for myself ... [ dimitri frowns, and then says, ] We have retrieved the lance of ruin successfully. I'm sorry to say that your brother did not make it, though I know you made your feelings known on that subject quite well.

[ and he watches sylvain, wondering, perhaps, what this means for him, or for the other boy, who's ... really more of a man now. ]