[ how long has it actually been since he's had someone elses' hands on him anyway? someone he ... trusted, even if he wasn't about to say such words to the air. locked up in his lungs and not allowed to escape, because admitting you're lonely is harder than literally any other task he can think of, right now. ]

I was suprised myself. Especially given the last creature we fought before we were... spat back out into this world was a creature with an axe far bigger than I am willing to describe.

[ he'd wanted to take the weapon with him, but the portal ripped them away so suddenly...

he makes an annoyed sound that's more of a disappointed huff than anything else.

he's gone almost completely deadweight against the other. digging his fingers into dante's sides a little as the man brings up THAT incident. ]

I still feel you could have dodged that. But you did not.
I will... make a run to get some practice weapons once I have showered. I am closing the store for the rest of the day.

...

I feel perhaps I should clear a space on the second floor so we do not need to constantly be going to that 'fight club' Nero has set up. [ theyre gonna overuse and destroy it one day ]