[They had been in close proximity before - granted, not as prolonged as this, and most of those instances had been during battle or just after it, checking for injuries at the like. Did Byleth give the impression of disliking close contact, or Dimitri intruding on his personal space?
He almost frowned. He acknowledged that when he had first met the Blue Lions, he had been very... wooden, in their earlier interactions. But he had improved by leaps and bounds since then - or, he had assumed. He knew he could still be rather subdued and difficult to read, but surely he didn't give off a cold impression at his students' close proximity? Maybe he should clarify things...]
I trust you, Dimitri. [It took a bit of patting, but he managed to find his old student's hand under the folds of the cloak.] Your close proximity is never uncomfortable or awkward to me.
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[They had been in close proximity before - granted, not as prolonged as this, and most of those instances had been during battle or just after it, checking for injuries at the like. Did Byleth give the impression of disliking close contact, or Dimitri intruding on his personal space?
He almost frowned. He acknowledged that when he had first met the Blue Lions, he had been very... wooden, in their earlier interactions. But he had improved by leaps and bounds since then - or, he had assumed. He knew he could still be rather subdued and difficult to read, but surely he didn't give off a cold impression at his students' close proximity? Maybe he should clarify things...]
I trust you, Dimitri. [It took a bit of patting, but he managed to find his old student's hand under the folds of the cloak.] Your close proximity is never uncomfortable or awkward to me.
[Wait.]
Unless... do you find it awkward?