It's a relief that Dedue knows who they are. That eliminates 72% of their concerns regarding malevolent shapeshifters, doppelgängers, and alternate-timeline counterparts right there, if he remembers the ship rather than coming directly from Fódlan or claiming amnesia. Bastion sets an internal map marker at their friends' farmhouse and begins walking in its general direction.

They rummage in their basket and retrieve a palm-sized black and white rock. // I'll call ahead.

They access a stored image of Dimitri's face, and the sending stone connects. // Dimitri, are you home? Dedue's here.