[ The difference in tone was small, but Yuri didn't fail to notice. It begged the question of just how many typical aspects of others' lives weren't so for Byleth.

People hardly knew more than his battlefield reputation. ]

I think you'll understand, eventually. It's part of what brightens a person's day, abstract as that must sound. Thinking someone doesn't have that, it's sort of depressing.

[ Which, no doubt, was also something he didn't expect Byleth to really relate to. ]

We'll see what I can do about it, once I get my bearings.