Well, see, that wouldn't be a problem if Dino just crashed it by himself, though. The way you worded it I thought you thought Dino would bring Yuri along for moral support or something. :|a

And, yes. Being a knight would have made it a lot easier for him to revert back to what he's like in canon. He's actually well suited to being a knight because he has a natural inclination to be independent and take responsibility. But I ultimately wanted him on a team because I thought him having to work with a team, and having the support that could provide, would be interesting. And it has been because Emerald is generally a good influence on him. Even more so than I anticipated. A lot of who he is in Aather is influenced by Emerald and Emerald's ideals. If he didn't have that he'd be very different.

Reeeeverse, would Dino be different if he'd been on a team?