"I suppose that, separate from your world and what you might have done in it, they would find less reason to look at you unkindly," he muses. After all, from his perspective, Dedue looks more like the unmutated people of his own home. "I don't necessarily think that anyone here has meant to be cruel to my face, but there are preconceptions. The least I can do is handle it gracefully, and prove that I'm no stranger to be feared."