[ Dimitri is still a little shell-shocked; it's hard not to be, when he just watched himself - or a version of himself - turn into roots. He shivers and tries not to let his emotion overwhelm him. Too many bad memories, it seems. ]

...you needn't be. It's... He - I - dealt with that long ago.

[ He figures Vash has guessed. ]

It's haunted me for a long time. But I didn't expect...