[ They are in agreement that it is not the same, however Dimitri is still agonizing over it. Over how to best serve those people, to improve their lives, as well as trying to come to terms with a situation like Aphaia’s could come about. Not in the way it is run, but an inevitable, encroaching, death.
When Yuri starts commenting upon just what kind of company Dimitri is his eyebrows pinch in pain. So, Yuri has already suffered my company. But the thought is stopped dead in its tracks as Yuri presses on. With Dimitri’s eyes shooting open he looks at Yuri, blinking, taking in the man anew.
Surprise shifts to disbelief- not in an accusatory way, but rather like when you’ve witnessed something unbelievable. Dimitri’s mouth had opened a little, but now he presses his lips together, still blinking intermittently, trying to digest the whole of what Yuri’s said.
He’s staring too long, and in realizing this Dimitri swallows and tears his eyes away to look about the room. Anywhere that isn’t Yuri. ]
Well… you, ah, needn’t suffer in silence on my account…?
[ It’s said slowly as he isn’t entirely certain that’s what Yuri meant… Normally, he wouldn’t have any trouble in believing that to be true, but Dimitri doesn’t know the man to suffer much of anything magnanimously. But, if Yuri is familiar with his nature and still choosing to willingly sit here through this… does he feel obligated?? ]
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When Yuri starts commenting upon just what kind of company Dimitri is his eyebrows pinch in pain. So, Yuri has already suffered my company. But the thought is stopped dead in its tracks as Yuri presses on. With Dimitri’s eyes shooting open he looks at Yuri, blinking, taking in the man anew.
Surprise shifts to disbelief- not in an accusatory way, but rather like when you’ve witnessed something unbelievable. Dimitri’s mouth had opened a little, but now he presses his lips together, still blinking intermittently, trying to digest the whole of what Yuri’s said.
He’s staring too long, and in realizing this Dimitri swallows and tears his eyes away to look about the room. Anywhere that isn’t Yuri. ]
Well… you, ah, needn’t suffer in silence on my account…?
[ It’s said slowly as he isn’t entirely certain that’s what Yuri meant… Normally, he wouldn’t have any trouble in believing that to be true, but Dimitri doesn’t know the man to suffer much of anything magnanimously. But, if Yuri is familiar with his nature and still choosing to willingly sit here through this… does he feel obligated?? ]