Aw. Dimitri had hoped the teasing would distract Dedue. He'd had his own doubts about Claude at the Officer's Academy, but he hadn't realized how deep Dedue's distrust ran.

"He's been here longer than I have. If he'd taken up recreational poisoning, the apothecary would have thrown him out by now," he points out. "Give him a chance. He really does seem to have grown since our time at the Academy."