"I can teach you Faerghan!" He's hearing Darcy speak it now -- but his brother can know his mother tongue. Can choose to speak it, and mean it. "You can teach me French! My brother, ma frangine -- " A fresh wave of tears breaks through a crack in his voice. "I promised you -- it's over, and we're together."

And for once in his Goddess-forsaken life, Dimitri has fulfilled that oath.