[ he looks a bit confused at the string of words he'd used to describe himself, but after a while, dimitri boils it down to the basic concepts that he understands about his situation, which is this: ]

No one ever 'sees through' a war unless you believe in that imperative. You don't have to agree to its terms, you just have to have faith in the fact that this burden is yours. Most people either flee when they can from war, or hide from it, or die in it before they ever see its end - if it ever does.

I'm not familiar with the terms you used, but the way I understand it, you felt an obligation to take arms because you were chosen, and in so doing, you have acted selflessly in proportion to your recklessness. There isn't a perfect definition of knighthood by any means, but that obligation to act beyond oneself is important to knighthood.

As a prince, if you were my knight, I would be proud of such sentiment. [ dimitri nods. ] Worthy of being a lion, in any colour.

[ though red????? ugly. but he keeps that to himself. ]