[ the worst part is that whole steve can - objectively - understand the use and importance of having those more modern weapons, if he was given the chance, he’d probably ask for something a bit more lame. like his walkman and a few tapes, maybe just his car. it’s not something he’s really thought about, and he probably won’t.

still - he’d probably think the sword was really cool. maybe not as cool as eddie would think, but hey, steve’s working on his appreciation of this sort of stuff. ]

What do they look like? [ which might be a weird question, but he has a point. ] Like- real big red guy with horns? Or something weirder? I have…no idea what demons are even supposed to look like beyond whatever shit they showed us in sunday school.

[ the runs in the family doesn’t stick out quite as much as nero’s pause after. steve pauses too, watches him like he’s waiting for something else to be said, and when nothing is steve just ends up shrugging. i mean, if demon fighting was going to come from anywhere, running the the family would make sense, right? right? (he has no idea, but he can at least keep moving)

and he tries, and he doesn’t miss so much that nero is much faster. much faster. the lunge he made has him needing a step or two to reset, a nod and then he’s trying again, this time going pretty exactly as nero said - each step, another strike. he keeps his feet settled enough for balance, and after a couple more misses, he tries to strike faster. tried adding in a couple different moves which are closer to the sword strikes that geralt’s been teaching him.

to little to no avail. steve is getting frustrated, obviously, but it’s pretty harmless. ]

Shit! How are you that fast?