[ His name is impossible to pronounce and worse to spell, it's fine. Naruto should forget it forever.
Anyway, it's not everyday he's called out so immediately and directly for hypocrisy, hands stilling for a moment as he crafts together an answer, glancing over at Naruto before he claps some soil off his hands pointlessly. They're just going to get dirty again. ]
I did not. But I didn't save them, either. That obliges me to be here, just as much as if I had slain them myself.
[ That's a personal decision, not an expectation of others. It's hard to dig around earth and gravel and clay until your hands bleed; it's hard to be around the reek and despair of death. It may be hypocrisy, but he'd never wish this on anyone to experience. He wishes it weren't so clear that Naruto already has before. Dimitri can't decide whether it's more comforting to have the help, or if he'd feel better for relieving Naruto of the task entirely.
More quietly, ]
...And responsibility aside, no one deserves to rot in the open air.
[ Better that they're burned or buried. At least they'll be resting, somehow. ]
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Anyway, it's not everyday he's called out so immediately and directly for hypocrisy, hands stilling for a moment as he crafts together an answer, glancing over at Naruto before he claps some soil off his hands pointlessly. They're just going to get dirty again. ]
I did not. But I didn't save them, either. That obliges me to be here, just as much as if I had slain them myself.
[ That's a personal decision, not an expectation of others. It's hard to dig around earth and gravel and clay until your hands bleed; it's hard to be around the reek and despair of death. It may be hypocrisy, but he'd never wish this on anyone to experience. He wishes it weren't so clear that Naruto already has before. Dimitri can't decide whether it's more comforting to have the help, or if he'd feel better for relieving Naruto of the task entirely.
More quietly, ]
...And responsibility aside, no one deserves to rot in the open air.
[ Better that they're burned or buried. At least they'll be resting, somehow. ]