"I'd be happy to take her, but if she's most comfortable with you and likes you best, then you're probably the best person to keep her," Claude says, smiling a little down at her. "Don't you worry, Desta, okay? Dimitri will take good care of you. And who knows? Dedue might show up again. If he does, then you can show him how big you've gotten while he was gone, and all the things you've learned and seen. I'm sure he'd be happy to see you and Dimitri had gotten along while he was away, and that you were both doing well. He'd want that more than anything."

He nods. "You won't have to worry about the cold, either. Dimitri's got Dean, who's great at keeping people and pokémon nice and warm. He was able to dry snow off my pants without so much as singing a single stitch."