If there was anyone in Duscur with a Crest, then they are most assuredly dead some years ago.

But yes. I'm aware of your situation, with you and your friends.

[There's a pause, and the way Dedue has another drink from his tankard is almost something akin to shy.]

...His Highness made a promise to me, when we were children. That when he became king, he would bring justice for Duscur. I think he is capable, and that he would also fight for people who cannot fight for themselves.