Dimitri's floundering illustrates more than any explanation could.
" ... he wasn't like that when he was alive," he protests weakly. Normally this is the part where Dimitri recoils, equivocates, deflects, but most of his usual defenses implicate Ossie, which cannot and will not be tolerated. "Dying changed him. He wouldn't have liked you much, but he wasn't cruel."
Dimitri shakes his head. When he looks up, a fragile soap-bubble smile wavers on his face. "You know -- that was the first time I've seen anyone stand up to him. Alive or dead."
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Dimitri's floundering illustrates more than any explanation could.
" ... he wasn't like that when he was alive," he protests weakly. Normally this is the part where Dimitri recoils, equivocates, deflects, but most of his usual defenses implicate Ossie, which cannot and will not be tolerated. "Dying changed him. He wouldn't have liked you much, but he wasn't cruel."
Dimitri shakes his head. When he looks up, a fragile soap-bubble smile wavers on his face. "You know -- that was the first time I've seen anyone stand up to him. Alive or dead."