[ He expects Felix to cut him off, as usual, though Duke Fraldarius had gotten better at waiting until he was done talking before slashing down his ideas, so it's not like Felix is completely unable to listen.

But when it's Dimitri's time to fall silent and hear what happened in another time, another life, he's more visibly perturbed. Cornelia plotting his execution isn't surprising at all, actually. What he doesn't understand is why he'd vanish for so many years after. Surely Rodrigue would've supported him if he fought back.

Maybe that's why Felix seemed so hostile now. Had he just disappeared while the rest of them fought Edelgard's war? If his strength weren't so sporadic here, he'd have crushed the mug in his hands with how tight he's squeezing it now. ]

...I don't recall that at all, no.

[ So that makes Felix older than him, a war that's lasted at least five years, and a missing king. ]

Did Cornelia take the throne? I can't imagine she'd allow your father to. [ Even if he is a duke. ] What happened after I returned?

[ How does this connect to Gronder, of all places? ]