The sound I made seeing this image... I can only hope that he grips you tight with his slender hands because I love him so, so dearly!! Barnabas would be as excited as he can be about his arrival 😌

Honestly, Barnabas would expect as much, and would take that more as Dimitri growing wise to the world and its ways, simply the natural conclusion to life. Disheartening is a word for it, but it is also confirming of how he views the world and what it has to promise. If anything, he would see a part of himself in that dead star, nothing but a dark void where something once brilliantly shined...