[ When this is all over, maybe Dimitri will have a clearer head. Right now, just getting close is almost enough. Byleth is possessed by another. He doesn't know if he wants Claude to see him like this. So that leaves Set - at least for now. He takes a deep breath and then another. He's trying to settle, to become something calmer than he is, that deep pit of anger and despair inside of him wanting to drag him back down. ]

...it isn't your doing.

[ He acknowledges that with a laugh that's more desperate than amused. ]

This is darkness of my own. Anger and vengeance. I - I told you once that I thought I understood...

[ He swallows hard. ]

Maybe you understand now. I just - I couldn't allow them to take it all away, Set. You understand, don't you?