[ LOOK, Shez asked for a description, he gave him one. Dimitri leans back in his seat a little, gaze a touch distant as he listens. ]

...I have blamed myself in the past, yes. Although I can't do so any longer and I try not to think of it in those terms. Whether it was for the better or for the worse, I can't say. I haven't lived in the timeline you and Yuri and Byleth come from. I don't know what's changed, beyond what I've been told.

[ He offers Shez a smile and reaches up to pat the hand on his shoulder. ]

But I am glad that I have a chance to meet you here, if nothing else.