"I do not believe that he is entirely unaware," he says. "Dimitri has been injured himself, and he reads my face better than most. He can likely infer that I am sometimes in pain. But I do not wish to burden him."

Is it entirely healthy, the way that Dedue will continually prioritize Dimitri's wellbeing over his own? Probably not, but that's the flavor of this particular brand of codependency.

"And I apologize if this topic has become uncomfortable for you. I understand that this story is not a pleasant one."

And worse, perhaps, because of the fact that Grant knows him. It's one thing to hear of something like this and think it terrible, another to be aware that it happened to someone you're fond of.