Have been since I got here, actually. He didn't want me to feel pressured to harmonize...and I suspect he needed the company.

[ Byleth always had Jeralt and his mercenaries back home, to say nothing of the army they're now part of for the time being. Where Yuri's accustomed to being alone, the same likely couldn't be said of Byleth.

Or perhaps it was simply reassuring to have someone remember home the same way. Yuri never has directly asked. ]