[ Nero feels his shoulders shudder in amusement but his smile does not return. He doesn't think that he can best Estinien; he doesn't believe he can simply kill him without taking on injuries or even dying himself. But he does have his own convictions; things that he's willing to suffer and bleed over. ]

You already know that I want to know the reason yet you're acting again like it is my misunderstanding.

[ The elf gives him a look. Has the Elezen done anything to try to make Nero understand him? ]

You know I don't think I'm above anyone else. If you didn't know that, you really haven't been listening to me at all, have you? [ Which is understandable, but if he's going to be insulted, he wants the insults to be true. ]