"... Thank you," he decides to answer. He knows that it was, yes, but also- He might admit to a bit of embarrassment at being watched getting so forceful. Although hardly the worst he's ever been, he does try to keep decorum in 'battle' where he can still.

"Elidibus, right?" he asks next. Although they haven't talked properly, he has seen him around the house before. Byleth and him appear to be close. While grateful to someone looking over the Professor in Dimitri's absence, it also gnaws at him in a way he has trouble discerning. No matter.

"I apologize for not introducing myself formally sooner. I am Dimitri, someone from the prof- Ah, forgive me. From Byleth's world, as you probably know."