He has to wonder how much this is going to bite him in the ass.

Still, he doesn't hesitate very long before he removes one hand from the bars and grips Nero's in his thick, soft fingers.

"R-right. Thank you." He does mean it sincerely, but it's a lot. "And- he did, actually, all the people down here are supposed to be some kind of mistake. The ones up top are the ones Ambrose meant to summon, to fight some-- great evil or something, something to do with the Singularity and Horizon."