"I guess." He shrugs. "When I told him about my old man, he just... Walked away." Which was definitely something a more sane, polite version of Dimitri would have done, whereas the boar might have tried to kill him on the spot, so maybe the boar aspect is lessened, now. But Felix maintains that it will always, always be there.

The professor does seem to play a key role, given that they were also part of the reason Felix defected- he'd originally joined the Black Eagles class because they were teaching it and he'd wanted to learn swordsmanship from them. From there, defecting seemed more plausible.

He crosses his arms defiantly at her assertion that he will come visit.

"What, you're going to make me sit at a desk and do paperwork? No thanks." He'd rather be mauled to death by a beast.