He remains silent as he considers what Dimitri is telling him, and the younger one does the same. It's difficult for him to separate himself from the guilt he's carried all his life even when he understands what Dimitri is trying to say here. After all, the lie he was forced to live with is what tore him apart from Diluc in the first place. That's something neither of them can truly repair, even if they're trying to now.
But maybe that small understanding is enough. Something changes in the younger one's demeanour, the way he looks at Dimitri now with a shred of hope in that starry eye.
... Can I truly be so blameless? Even though I've had to lie? ]
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He remains silent as he considers what Dimitri is telling him, and the younger one does the same. It's difficult for him to separate himself from the guilt he's carried all his life even when he understands what Dimitri is trying to say here. After all, the lie he was forced to live with is what tore him apart from Diluc in the first place. That's something neither of them can truly repair, even if they're trying to now.
But maybe that small understanding is enough. Something changes in the younger one's demeanour, the way he looks at Dimitri now with a shred of hope in that starry eye.
... Can I truly be so blameless? Even though I've had to lie? ]