"I mean-" Dimitri pauses, testing one of the wooden blankets with a faint frown before he skips one step entirely. "I have so many Paliens to care for as it is, Felix. I tend to them all when we arrive in town, of course, but I can only travel with six. When it comes to training, I only have enough time for a small number of them since I am busy working."

There, the second floor. Dimitri gets up there, and pulls Felix along. "I am worried that as I accept responsibility for even more, I will not be able to give them all the attention they deserve. So I am trying to be careful in who I accept as a companion."