I know. [He reassures her, his expression becoming more gentle as he sets down his glass.] Like I said, the Officer's Academy was a unique place. Food was a thing that could bring us all together, regardless of our differences. Being a man or a woman or anything else had nothing to do with it.

[And back when he was a teenager, that had a huge impact on him. Helping him feel like, if given the right conditions to thrive, his dream just might be possible. He just had to do it in a better way than Rhea's Garreg Mach.]

Even Dimitri cooked despite being a prince, you know? Though his cooking was, uh...

[He tried???]