From across the reaches of time, another is pulled in by the summoning circle soon after Byleth here but from before where they're from. The blond is lucky enough that he doesn't also bring forth a monster with him, but not so lucky that he's oriented correctly when he manifests. Dimitri lurches forward with an undignified squawk of a sound and bowls over the nearest person.

The cape of his uniform ends up also covering his head and obscuring his view briefly. "My apologies," he says, trying to pull back the cloth and untangle himself from whoever he just knocked to the ground with him. "I'm not sure what happened, but I- Professor?"

Oh, that's- Well, it's relieving but also surprising. What just happened? More importantly: where are they?