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[prince_of_beasts]

A synthesized woman's voice picks up the call.

"Your call has been forwarded to an automatic voice message system. Two - Zero - Two - Nine - One - Eight - Two - One - Three - Two -- is not available now. At the tone, please record your message. When you've finished recording, you may hang up or press the # key for more options."

Dimitri hasn't figured out how to customize the thing yet.

Comments

[ossie_oswald]

And you understand that I cannot come with you?

I know that you wouldn't ask it of me, and I do feel like I ought to, but I can't.

Please do extend our invitation to Dedue to weather the excursion at ours. Waiting will be an easier prospect with company, I should imagine.

[prince_of_beasts]

Of course. I never expected you would.
I think I said to you - some time ago - that if everyone went to war there'd soon be no one left.
So please don't be hard on yourself.
We need someone to come home to.

-- Oh.

'Home' is a crisis Dimitri will be deferring until later. As soon as the dead stop shouting.

Through the stabbing headache, he types,

Thank you.Ill let him know.