[ It does make a certain sense to Yuri. This Dimitri isn't the king who handed his hopes back to him as though he'd plucked them off some high shelf without ever knowing what they were, but he's recognizable. His struggles and hardships aren't identical, yet he remains a man who thinks of others first and faults himself (it seems to Yuri) for his human frailties.

He's not the king Yuri follows, but Yuri'd be a poor liar if he claimed not to be even a little personally invested in watching out for him just the same. They're separate men, and Yuri won't lose sight of it, especially not after Byleth's immense relief at not being taken for some evidently beloved schoolteacher.

Imagine that socially awkward man teaching noble kids not much younger than himself... ]

I'm inclined to agree. We may not remember it the same way, but in this place, we'd best hold onto it. Whatever's going on here, we've got people to get back to.

[ People who need and rely on them.

Following this, he visibly hesitates. Debates. When he speaks again, there is a measured caution about his words, if only because he suspects it may be strange to say. But hearing of this Dimitri's struggles has further solidified the nature of what his king must be shouldering.

When he thinks of it that way, being silent simply isn't an option. ]

And... I might be overstepping here, but if you need to talk and that expert's not available, I can listen. Offer's open anytime you need. Or want, for that matter.

[ Yuri suspects himself to be the last person who'd be overwhelmed by what Dimitri has described. But then, he's never hurt for confidence. ]