[ That's something on his list, too, because while the king may very much live up to the legends, well...Dimitri would like to get his own impression of the man.

Not that he has any room to judge the quality of a monarch's rule... ]

Only the first time? Though I suppose if he were only revived recently, an adjustment period is only to be expected.

[ A little shake of his head. ]

I apologize if I seem mistrusting, but the circumstances of our arrival are strange, to say the least.