<span style="color: #0080BF">"I need you to keep a level head."</span>Dimitri nearly begged of the other demigod. He didn't want to have to chase after him for a third time, especially after toying with water in front of him. The last thing he wanted was for Desmond to start panicking.<span style="color: #0080BF">"Your name is Desmond Kalter. I was sent here by a force stronger than myself. I'm tellin' you, I have the right guy."</span>Dimitri spoke, as gently as he could. He could work on helping Desmond through the stress afterwards. Making him believe the truth was priority one.<br/><br/><span style="color: #0080BF">"Look, I ain't scared that you'll go tellin' people 'bout this. No one's gonna believe some kid came around controlling water with'is mind and hands."</span>Dimitri said, though it guilted him that he was putting Desmond in this hard place.<span style="color: #0080BF">"I had to learn that neither've my parents were actually my parents."</span>Dimitri admitted, although he wasn't sure himself what he was getting at.<span style="color: #0080BF">"It's possible that your parents took you in after birth. I can't imagine it's real easy to raise a child'n your own."</span><br/><br/><span style="color: #0080BF">"People like us, we can hide in plain view. You can live a normal life, I promise. But unless I show you how to stay safe, you're in danger. There's a lot of things out there, lotta things that you really should be ready for. Will you give me a chance to help you?" </span>Dimitri asked. At this point he felt obligated to stick with Desmond, even without Nereus's orders. It was the right thing to do, and he would have wanted someone to do it for him.