It's difficult to hear Dimitri make such an admission. But then again, can he really blame him? What must it be like to hear that you die in so many different futures and timelines? While it may be so that all of them have died at one point, revived only by the power of Sothis, it stings to know that Byleth wasn't there to press his finger into the pulse of time once more, to rewind and prevent and maybe even save.

And even now, he doesn't have the words to console Dimitri.

"I understand your fear. It's not an easy thing to hear." Byleth takes a deep breath, his hand moving to rest on the other's back, comforting in any way he can. "But we should think of this as an opportunity. You're here before that time for a reason, surely.

I'll listen to you, as long as you need. I'm sorry I didn't before - perhaps if we'd spent more time together, you would not have... I know you would have gone on to greater heights."