What? No! [ Sylvain is quick to shake his head, eyes going wide, that that's the first thought Dimitri would have about what had gone wrong. ] You didn't... It wasn't you at all, Dimitri. The Empire... the Empire declared war on the rest of us. They decided Fodlan should be under one rule again. And everything else has just gone sideways ever since. Both Faerghus and the Alliance... things are a mess. It's been chaos. The crown... there have been complications, back home. You haven't yet taken your place as king. There were reasons for that, but...

[ So much for not telling him all the disasters that lay ahead. Although he was definitely glossing over some and completely avoiding others.

He groans, rubbing a hand over his face. ] I am the worst person you could have gotten to tell you all this. Sorry.