"That is how I am known, yes," the distance between them is closed with an easy stride. He nods at the introduction, and fixes the boy with an easy smile. "It is good to formally meet you at last, then, though I feel as if I know you well. Byleth speaks of you, often, and with the utmost fondness."

The words are spoken truthfully. And so are the next, though Elidibus has far more of an advantage over Dimitri in exactly how true they are.

"It gladdens me that you are here. I would not want Byleth to be alone, worlds away from others who care for him as you do." His eyes narrow as he casts his gaze out to where the Devourer had just been, protectiveness to the point of violence in the bright blue. But that flicker behind his eyes fades when he turns back again to Dimitri. "Particularly when things are not as safe as one would wish them to be."