Fair point. Deadpan as Byleth can be, I don't expect he could put on a convincing act, if it came to it.

[ Yuri doesn't know him terribly well, but it doesn't take much at all to know the man is bracing in his honesty. ]

Not unless I made him believe it, anyway. I don't know how that'd pan out.

[ And having the Ashen Demon gunning for him in earnest? No thank you. He's pretty damn quick on his feet, but so is Byleth. Avoiding him might not be an option. ]