Dimitri & Felix A

Felix
I have a question for you. Answer quickly before my hand slips and I cut you in half.

Dimitri
Always so ominous. Well? What is it, Felix?

Felix
Sometimes you have an animal's face, contorted with anger and bloodlust. At other times, a man's, with a friendly smile.

Felix
Which is your true face?

Dimitri
Do not waste your breath on questions with such obvious answers. They are both the real me.

Dimitri
My father, my friends, Glenn... They all meant a great deal to me.

Dimitri
And they were all brutally slaughtered. I alone survived.

Dimitri
If I do not shoulder the anguish and regret they must have felt, who will?

Felix
Hah. So, that's how you justify your atrocities.

Dimitri
What do you mean?

Felix
"I will fulfill my duty to the late king." My old man used to say that over and over, like a mantra.

Felix
How nauseating. No one seems to understand.

Felix
The dead won't acknowledge your loyalty. They don't care.

Felix
What a load of bunk it is, pretending to serve a corpse. You're serving your own ego.

Dimitri
You are wrong.

Felix
No, I'm not. The dead are dead, the living are living.

Felix
You have to respect that boundary. If you keep stringing gravestones around your neck, you'll snap.

Dimitri
Even still... I cannot forget them, nor can I let them go.

Felix
Then keep those thoughts to yourself.

Felix
If you're too weak to do that, abandon your throne. Become a grave keeper.

Dimitri
Felix...

Felix
I'm not immune to emotion, you know. Far from it.

Felix
I haven't gone a day without questioning why my father and brother had to die, while I survived.

Felix
I'll bear this pain until the day I die, but I refuse to wallow in it.

Felix
I have more important things to do than blubber for my whole life.

Dimitri
...

Dimitri
Heh. You know, Felix, you really are growing more and more like your brother.

Dimitri
Always so sarcastic, and constantly looking for a fight. But deep inside, more than anyone, you—

Felix
What are you getting at?

Dimitri
Oh... It's nothing. But allow me to thank you. Your perspective has opened my eyes.

Felix
Hmph. Not my intention.

Felix
I couldn't stand the pathetic look on your face. That's all.

Dimitri
I see. If you say so, then we will leave it at that.