I'm well aware of that, Verg. You think I've coasted through the last thirty years of my life thinking I'm above the law? I pay my taxes like a good boy and all that. [ a beat. ] Honestly Morrison deals with the majority of all that, I just do the jobs as they land on my desk.

[ unlike someone who hasn't paid a single bit of tax a single day in his life, vergil. ]

Yeah, you had the same kind of habit then. [ and after eva died, vergil forsook everything that was weak in favor of power. it was always power after that. ] Some things really don't.

But it's fine, honestly. I'm a big boy now, don't always need my big brother paying attention to me. [ the smile doesn't quite reach his eyes, almost as though it is forced. ] So you don't need to push yourself for my sake.