Dimitri & Dedue A

Dedue
Your Highness, you still have scars on your back.

Dedue
It does you no good to languish in pain. I will procure some medicine.

Dimitri
No, it is fine. They are still deep...these are from nine years ago. They do not hurt any longer.

Dimitri
Besides, it would be a shame if the scars I got from protecting you were to fade.

Dimitri
I bear these scars proudly. It makes me think that it was worthwhile that someone like me survived.

Dedue
To hear you say such things...

Dimitri
Dedue, you say that I saved you, but do you know that you also saved me that day?

Dimitri
If I had been unable to save anyone, I would have been the sole survivor. I would have had no reason to keep living.

Dimitri
But I saved someone—saved you. That and that alone has always been my crutch.

Dedue
When I stood before those soldiers and their swords that day, I was prepared to die.

Dedue
But then you suddenly appeared, and you shielded me.

Dedue
I knew then that a savior's hand could reach into even the deepest darkness.

Dedue
I still have not been able to repay that debt.

Dimitri
Have you not heard a word I've said? You have saved me in countless ways.

Dimitri
Five years ago, I did nothing but await my execution within my jail cell. Was it not you that saved me?

Dedue
That was nothing more than my duty as your vassal.

Dimitri
Listen, Dedue... Perhaps you consider me to be someone special.

Dimitri
But I think the same of you. You are irreplaceable. Cherished.

Dimitri
So stop saying that we cannot be friends. Stop saying such awful things.

Dedue
Please...do not look at me that way.

Dedue
You promised me you would build a Kingdom that is proud to boast of Duscur blood.

Dedue
In this Kingdom, where there is no distinction between the people of Duscur and the people of Fódlan...

Dedue
Will I finally, without reservation, be able to call you my friend?

Dedue
Will I...Dimitri?

Dimitri
Dedue...

Dimitri
Yes, you will call me your friend, again and again. No matter how many hardships I must endure...

Dedue
I will do all I can to bring about that world as well.

Dedue
To be your friend...is what I have always wanted.

Dimitri
Is that so? I...I am glad to hear it.

Dedue
But until that time, we must allow no harm to befall you.

Dedue
So please call upon me when you walk alone at night.

Dedue
And even when you go out in the day, please tell me where you are going, and whom you are meeting.

Dimitri
In the end, I suppose there is no fixing your overprotectiveness, is there...

Dimitri
I suppose I can live with that.