We were tasked with listening to one another and offering counsel, [he responds stiffly, brows tugging downward.] You are not required to feel something you cannot. Making the effort shows compliance as well. I will not relive that day.

[Goddess knows he relives it in his dreams often enough. Patience wearing thin, Dimitri lifts his chin.]

Shall we get on with this exercise? I believe it is your turn.