[The seats at the bar are significantly higher than the ones at the tables, which would... seem to be easier for men of their stature.] The bar will be fine.

[And continuing the subject of Dedue as they make their way to their seats,] It would have been unseemly, as I am intended to be His Highness' bodyguard, as well as his vassal. Even so, I would not have been particularly welcome in any establishment, regardless of whether I had the money to spare for something so nonessential.

[A vassal's stipend hardly afforded him much spending cash. And while Dimitri had a fairly large budget for his household as the crown prince, his uncle still had control over it. It seemed prudent to keep his expenses as low as possible, so that there could be one fewer angle to censure him by. Here, there's no such risk of disapproval. Perhaps it says something about the degree of pressure that Dedue was under that it's taken him approximately half a year to go out.]