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Byleth enters the scene

Gilbert enters the scene

Gilbert

Ah, there you are. His Highness was looking for you.

Where is he?

Gilbert

He's gone ahead, and started interrogating the prisoner—Viscount Kleiman's man.

Gilbert

He said he'd like for you and I to be present as well.

Gilbert

Will you come with me?

Byleth, Gilbert, Dimitri, Prisoner enter the scene

Dimitri

I cannot overlook your reckless remarks. Are you really so keen to lose your head?

Prisoner

I only did what I believed was right. I swear to the goddess that I'm not lying.

Prisoner

Amidst the turmoil of the Tragedy, Lady Patricia was supposed to be the only one who was unharmed.

Prisoner

We had been given orders ahead of time to not approach her carriage...

Was Patricia an accomplice?

Dimitri

Of course not. What would my stepmother have had to gain from such a—

Gilbert

Perhaps Lady Patricia would have done anything to return to the Empire...to her husband and daughter.

Dimitri

What exactly are you implying?

Gilbert

For the past few months, I've been spying on lords who defected to the Empire in order to investigate rumors about Lady Patricia.

Gilbert

Cornelia's words were true. The two of them... I am afraid they conspired together, after all.

Dimitri

Enough of this nonsense. You say she wished to return home? That isn't nearly enough reason to cause such a tragedy.

Gilbert

I do not intend to imply that the two of them were solely responsible for the whole affair.

Gilbert

There were likely nobles who opposed the king, or potentially someone who wanted to throw the Kingdom into chaos.

Gilbert

The Empire, and people like Solon and Kronya, had their motives, too.

Dimitri

So, my stepmother joined with them to cause the tragedy... Is that what you believe?

Gilbert

Ultimately, this is just conjecture based on the evidence at hand. I have no idea what their true intentions were.

Dimitri

I see. We will hear what this man has to say. For now...

Prisoner

My lord had long felt that King Lambert's radical ways were dangerous.

Prisoner

At the time, he was approached with an offer to take part in the incident at Duscur...

Prisoner

My lord loves his homeland. To me, he embodied justice. We were only doing what we thought was right.

Dimitri

And so, in the name of justice, he caused massacre upon massacre out of love for his homeland.

Dimitri

You murdered your own king, killed our soldiers, and involved innocent citizens. And yet you have the gall to speak of justice?

Prisoner

I am only standing before you now because I could no longer bear the weight of my sins.

Did you share those feelings about your homeland?
Do you regret your actions?

Prisoner

Yes... I believe I do.

Prisoner

No. I accept your hatred, and even the punishment of death, but I still believe it was a massacre in the name of justice.

Dimitri

Gilbert. Lock this man in his cell.

Gilbert

Are you not...going to kill him?

Dimitri

I will make that decision once I have had time to consider this man's definition of justice.

Gilbert

Yes, Your Highness.

Dimitri enters the scene

Byleth enters the scene

Dimitri
...

Are you OK?

Dimitri

No... I cannot say that I am.

Dimitri

Tell me, Professor... How well do you remember your father, Jeralt?

Not very well.
Very well.

Dimitri

I figured as much. Even the memory of those who pass away is taken from those they left behind. Little by little. Year by year.

Dimitri

Soon enough you will come to understand how painful it is to forget the faces of those who have passed on.

Dimitri

To be honest, I cannot really remember my stepmother's...that woman's smile. Nor the sound of her voice.

Dimitri

I always told myself that I would not allow my mind to forget. And yet...all I can recall with clarity is her gazing away, so forlorn.

Dimitri

Did my stepmother wish to go home so badly that she would kill Father and me...kill her false family?

Dimitri

Home...to her own blood. Her true family.

There's no way to know for sure.
I don't have those answers.

Dimitri

I suppose it doesn't make any difference now. I am asking you questions you could not possibly know the answer to.

Dimitri

I am finished with thoughts like that. I am finally able to go on living without clinging to hate.

Dimitri

If I truly treasure those who have died, then I must earnestly atone for my sins.

Dimitri

Father, Glenn, all of the soldiers who have fallen... The people of Duscur who still suffer persecution...

Dimitri

The only atonement I can offer them now is to take responsibility for this broken Kingdom that has been entrusted to me.

That's true.
Take responsibility for the Kingdom...

Dimitri

That is why I feel that I must meet with Edelgard and try to talk to her.

Dimitri

Do you think it is a fool's errand? Honestly... I think so too.

Dimitri

But I must swallow my feelings and grudges— our whole history, really—and ask her about this future that she sees.

Dimitri

What she aims for once her domination is complete. What kind of justice she clings to as she fights.

Dimitri

And why she felt it necessary to start this war...

Dimitri

I believe that asking her these things is the true responsibility I have been tasked with as king.

How will you accomplish that?

Dimitri

We will march our troops to the Imperial capital.

Dimitri

But before any battle begins, we will set up camp nearby and send a messenger.

Dimitri

I will tell her that I need to speak with her in a safe place, without any weapons or troops.

Dimitri

As to whether or not she will agree to my request... Well, that rests solely on Edelgard.

I'm certain she'll agree.

Dimitri

I would like to believe that as well.

Dimitri

You know, Professor... When we fought in Fhirdiad, Cornelia mocked me and called me pitiful.

Dimitri

But even if it is true that my stepmother never loved me, I am not to be pitied.

Dimitri

After all, I have allies and dear friends who care for me. And now, I also have you by my side.