[Nero doesn't look at him, but he listens, instead watching the rise and fall of Ciri's breathing. He flicks a rock across the ground, where it zooms into the dark out of sight.
Decades. Longer than Nero's been alive, maybe. Would've it been better? If more time had passed? If he'd never even found out about Vergil at all?
It's not the point. Dante shouldn't have kept it from him. But maybe now, more than ever, he gets why he did. Maybe, given time, Nero could forgive him for that. The one thing he can't is the two of them leaving him in the world alone. Trust or not. What kind of family does that?]
Funny how they show up only to spout some horseshit. [Vergil's, Nero. Thank you. Still doesn't know what the fuck he was thanking him for. Almost killing him? Maybe he'd been waiting for it all this time. All that shit about wanting to be more powerful, to beat Dante --
All that suffering for nothing.] I hope you kicked her ass, too. Sounds like she needed it.
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Decades. Longer than Nero's been alive, maybe. Would've it been better? If more time had passed? If he'd never even found out about Vergil at all?
It's not the point. Dante shouldn't have kept it from him. But maybe now, more than ever, he gets why he did. Maybe, given time, Nero could forgive him for that. The one thing he can't is the two of them leaving him in the world alone. Trust or not. What kind of family does that?]
Funny how they show up only to spout some horseshit. [Vergil's, Nero. Thank you. Still doesn't know what the fuck he was thanking him for. Almost killing him? Maybe he'd been waiting for it all this time. All that shit about wanting to be more powerful, to beat Dante --
All that suffering for nothing.] I hope you kicked her ass, too. Sounds like she needed it.