Fair enough... But your burdens feel lighter when you're helping carry theirs, right? I'd safely wager that's mutual.

[ He's seen it for himself, he thinks, around camp.

The others never seemed burdened by looking after His Majesty, even when they had to herd him to bed or impose meal breaks. Surely, that much is the same for Dimitri's friends. ]

Five years at war sounds rough though, I won't deny.