Demetrius III managed to convince Theodosius to organize a reconciliation, who agreed to return to Abkhazia with guarantees of personal security confirmed by oaths before the Catholicos and the clergy. The central government was still powerful enough to cope with the local separatism, but not for surmounting the growing structural crisis.
The weakness of the government brought about another act of cruelty. Demetrius caught his brother Theodosius in plotting again and makes blind.