Indeed... It must have been very person to her. For someone to question that - I can only imagine how that sort of thing would feel.

[Dimitri personally thinks that if he were in her shoes... His feelings towards such a sacrifice, the Gifts which resulted, would be a complex mess. In a funny way, that only makes him want to ask a little more, honestly.]

[Probably for the best she isn't here he decides, but he nods.]

I apologize for the tragedy in your family, although I imagine it was far before your time.