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[crushed_pearls]

"I don't expect you to like or trust me," Erin agrees in a soft voice. "Especially if I'm hanging around someone close to you. But I'm not going to stop living the life I've made here either. I can only hope to prove my sincerity."

[glassaxolotl]

“Good,” Dedue agrees, glad that they’re on the same page.

“I will not keep you from those things. I will only intervene if you do something that makes His Highness unsafe. I am sure you understand now what my role was to him before arriving here. I intend to continue it.”

[crushed_pearls]

"I don't think I'm going to shock you by saying that Dimitri is the chief threat to Dimitri right now. He's not doing well, trying to carry a weight here that shouldn't be his to bear. His body is fine. His heart..."

[glassaxolotl]

“That has been true for a long time,” Dedue sighs. “But especially now.”

He considers whether to say more. Erin has already confided something very personal to him. And the way she is talking about Dimitri proves that she knows some of his vulnerabilities well enough already. Dedue decides, in this instance, that it would be okay.

“I have had concerns since I learned when he first arrived. He was not well then. And it only grew worse, in my time. Much much worse. I do not want him to get to that point again.”

[crushed_pearls]

"Neither do I, but that noblesse oblige is hard to crack, isn't it?" Erin flashes a sympathetic smile. "...I've been working on it, but Dimitri went through a lot recently, and I'm some of what he went through. I wouldn't blame him if he felt betrayed by...you know. And now all my advice is suspect. Still. The youngbloods aboard deserve better than the cards they were dealt."