[ The sudden switch to a private conversation makes Dimitri pause - and some of the anger seems to drain out of their mental space. ]

...Set, I've walked that road. I've thrown it all away for the sake of bloody vengeance and pain. I... I know that it might seem like the only way forward. But it isn't, I promise you. We can fight this war without turning ourselves into hollow shells of ourselves.

[ Because it's Dimitri, there is the mental impression of a hand reaching forward. ]