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[The continued silence further uneases him. They're both still shaking. But they're both still holding tight, too, and Nero tells himself he did just lay an utter bombshell on her. It's okay if it takes a moment for everything to sink in. Hell, he wouldn't blame her if it took a few days for everything to sink in.
Like, it's gonna drive him fucking insane with anxiety and worry! But he wouldn't blame her a bit!
She kisses the top of his head and he closes his eyes, forcing out a few more stray tears. His hand continues rubbing lazy circles on her back, and he lets the silence go on for a few more minutes.
At last he swallows.]
Is there anything I can say to make it easier? Anything I can do?
Like, it's gonna drive him fucking insane with anxiety and worry! But he wouldn't blame her a bit!
She kisses the top of his head and he closes his eyes, forcing out a few more stray tears. His hand continues rubbing lazy circles on her back, and he lets the silence go on for a few more minutes.
At last he swallows.]
Is there anything I can say to make it easier? Anything I can do?
I don't know...
[Her voice is small and shaky and she forces some composure back into herself. She takes a deep breath, drawing back from the hug. Her face is still pale, eyes wet and red rimmed, and she searches his face, now haunted by the similarities she had seen between him and his father and wondering how she can separate the two.
She should hate Vergil. He's a monster. She's everything she'd been raised to believe as evil and base in this world.
But he's the Son of Sparda, Nero's father and he loves him and she's sworn to herself never to hate any part of him, that she loves and accepts every inch of him, every drop of blood in his veins, demon, human, whatever.
She reaches for Nero, her rock, and takes his face between her hands.]
I wanted whatever hurt you dead. I wanted to rip it to pieces just so it could hurt worse than you, hurt the way I hurt when I saw you lying there... and he was your father?
[She shudders, tears rolling down her cheeks.]
How could you forgive someone like that after what he did to you?
[Her voice is small and shaky and she forces some composure back into herself. She takes a deep breath, drawing back from the hug. Her face is still pale, eyes wet and red rimmed, and she searches his face, now haunted by the similarities she had seen between him and his father and wondering how she can separate the two.
She should hate Vergil. He's a monster. She's everything she'd been raised to believe as evil and base in this world.
But he's the Son of Sparda, Nero's father and he loves him and she's sworn to herself never to hate any part of him, that she loves and accepts every inch of him, every drop of blood in his veins, demon, human, whatever.
She reaches for Nero, her rock, and takes his face between her hands.]
I wanted whatever hurt you dead. I wanted to rip it to pieces just so it could hurt worse than you, hurt the way I hurt when I saw you lying there... and he was your father?
[She shudders, tears rolling down her cheeks.]
How could you forgive someone like that after what he did to you?
[As long as she's crying, he won't be far behind. He surrenders his face to her, tearstained and red, shaking his head very briefly to her question.]
I don't know. I didn't think I could. I wanted payback. Not just for my arm but for everything he did to you and Nico. To Dante. To the city. I wanted nothing more than to kill him. But...
[He drifts off for a moment, scrambling to gather a hundred thoughts and feelings into sensible words. His right hand slips up to brush Kyrie's tears away with his thumb.]
When I found out he was my father, I just... like I said. I had to see for myself. I didn't want him to die without ever looking him in the eye and speaking to him. Maybe he was a coldhearted bastard and a ruthless monster, and maybe he did deserve to die but...
[One more swallow, and he comes to the conclusion he came to all those months ago after hanging up with Kyrie.] I didn't want it to be like that. I didn't want my father to be like that. For Dante to kill his brother, and for my family I didn't even know to fall apart like that.
[He takes a slow breath and leans forward, touching his forehead to hers.]
All I did was give him a chance. If he'd spit in my face or thrown it back at me, or acted like a [pause where he trips over almost saying "fuckhead"] creep or whatever else, then screw him, I'd know once and for all. But he didn't. He's tried so hard and apologized, and... I forgave him for hurting me.
[Nero smiles a little crookedly, then spares his hand to wipe his own tears.]
I can't forgive him for you. Or for anybody else or anything else he's done. But for what it's worth, he's said he wants to apologize to you.
I don't know. I didn't think I could. I wanted payback. Not just for my arm but for everything he did to you and Nico. To Dante. To the city. I wanted nothing more than to kill him. But...
[He drifts off for a moment, scrambling to gather a hundred thoughts and feelings into sensible words. His right hand slips up to brush Kyrie's tears away with his thumb.]
When I found out he was my father, I just... like I said. I had to see for myself. I didn't want him to die without ever looking him in the eye and speaking to him. Maybe he was a coldhearted bastard and a ruthless monster, and maybe he did deserve to die but...
[One more swallow, and he comes to the conclusion he came to all those months ago after hanging up with Kyrie.] I didn't want it to be like that. I didn't want my father to be like that. For Dante to kill his brother, and for my family I didn't even know to fall apart like that.
[He takes a slow breath and leans forward, touching his forehead to hers.]
All I did was give him a chance. If he'd spit in my face or thrown it back at me, or acted like a [pause where he trips over almost saying "fuckhead"] creep or whatever else, then screw him, I'd know once and for all. But he didn't. He's tried so hard and apologized, and... I forgave him for hurting me.
[Nero smiles a little crookedly, then spares his hand to wipe his own tears.]
I can't forgive him for you. Or for anybody else or anything else he's done. But for what it's worth, he's said he wants to apologize to you.
[How anyone, anyone could ever have looked at this brilliant, beautiful man and ever thought he was nothing more than an uncouth, foul-mouthed punk is completely beyond Kyrie. His huge capacity to love, to forgive, to want what's best for everyone, humbles her every time she's privileged enough to bear witness to it.
She leans into the brush of his thumb, shares breath as he presses his forehead to hers, listens patiently as he articulates his thoughts. He's come so, so far and she loves him so deeply as he shows his capacity for forgiveness.
Kyrie thinks he's a better man than any other she's met. She might be biased, but it doesn't make it any less true.
She looks up to meet his crooked smile, her own smile watery in return as she watches him wipe away his tears, and she slowly processes what he's saying.
Vergil wants to apologize to her.
With all her heart, she wishes she could say she will accept that apology for Nero's sake and let that be the end of it. Be the bigger person, follow Nero's example and let their lives go on, embracing him as part of her family, learning to forgive and forget.
She just doesn't know if she can.
But she can't bring herself to say that to Nero. Not when she can see for herself how much this man- and it's a struggle to use that term- means to him. How much Nero loves him, even if he hasn't said it aloud to her. She knows what he cut himself off from saying.
Maybe she's not as good a person as everyone says she is.
Her thumbs trace the path of his hands, brushing the remnants of tears away that he might have missed. She's sure the uncertainty of it is written all over her face but she can't bring herself to look away from him, not when he's being so open and vulnerable with her.]
I don't know if I- I will hear what he has to say.
[I just can't promise I'll forgive him.
She inches closer, needing to be near to him. Those days leading up to his second departure for Red Grave had been tense and fraught, with her still simmering with anger and terror at the thought he was about to disappear and put his life in danger again and Nero thrumming with fury and grim determination to finish what he had started. They had barely spoken, it wasn't until the night before he left that Kyrie had left the self-imposed exile of the sofa-bed to return to their room and hold him, determined not to let him leave thinking she didn't care.
It's caring too much that has her tied up in knots right now.]
I still see you on that floor and I can't- I wake up and I can't breathe thinking I've lost you before I remember you're okay.
She leans into the brush of his thumb, shares breath as he presses his forehead to hers, listens patiently as he articulates his thoughts. He's come so, so far and she loves him so deeply as he shows his capacity for forgiveness.
Kyrie thinks he's a better man than any other she's met. She might be biased, but it doesn't make it any less true.
She looks up to meet his crooked smile, her own smile watery in return as she watches him wipe away his tears, and she slowly processes what he's saying.
Vergil wants to apologize to her.
With all her heart, she wishes she could say she will accept that apology for Nero's sake and let that be the end of it. Be the bigger person, follow Nero's example and let their lives go on, embracing him as part of her family, learning to forgive and forget.
She just doesn't know if she can.
But she can't bring herself to say that to Nero. Not when she can see for herself how much this man- and it's a struggle to use that term- means to him. How much Nero loves him, even if he hasn't said it aloud to her. She knows what he cut himself off from saying.
Maybe she's not as good a person as everyone says she is.
Her thumbs trace the path of his hands, brushing the remnants of tears away that he might have missed. She's sure the uncertainty of it is written all over her face but she can't bring herself to look away from him, not when he's being so open and vulnerable with her.]
I don't know if I- I will hear what he has to say.
[I just can't promise I'll forgive him.
She inches closer, needing to be near to him. Those days leading up to his second departure for Red Grave had been tense and fraught, with her still simmering with anger and terror at the thought he was about to disappear and put his life in danger again and Nero thrumming with fury and grim determination to finish what he had started. They had barely spoken, it wasn't until the night before he left that Kyrie had left the self-imposed exile of the sofa-bed to return to their room and hold him, determined not to let him leave thinking she didn't care.
It's caring too much that has her tied up in knots right now.]
I still see you on that floor and I can't- I wake up and I can't breathe thinking I've lost you before I remember you're okay.
I understand. I really do.
[He draws her into the embrace, putting his head over her shoulder and holding her as close as he can. His fingers move up and into her hair, cradling the back of her head.
For as horrifying and awful as it was for him to be attacked, for all the pain and the blood and the loss of his limb and his power both, Nero has always believed he had it easier. He passed out and remained out cold for much of the ordeal. He wasn't the one who had to find him bleeding and dying in the garage, who had to hold him until the ambulance arrived, who had to sit by his bedside in the hospital room. Kyrie had been so frightened and suffered so much in the aftermath of the attack, he was almost angrier at his assailant for her sake than his own.
He would never ask Kyrie to put her feelings about it aside, or to ignore them in favor of the family unity he does, admittedly, long for. He won't even ask her to give Vergil the same chance he did. If she'd told him she never wanted to look at Vergil again, he would have done his best to facilitate it-- no matter how much it would break his heart to do so. Kyrie deciding to hear him out is her own decision to make, and he would never ask her to even do that much.]
If you're okay with it, you can hear it from him. I'll respect anything you decide. And if you want me to be there, or to talk to him, or to do anything-- I'll do anything you want me to.
[He turns his head to kiss her temple, then to mumble very softly in her ear.]
I love you. More than anything else in the world. I'll do whatever it takes to make you comfortable and keep you safe.
[He draws her into the embrace, putting his head over her shoulder and holding her as close as he can. His fingers move up and into her hair, cradling the back of her head.
For as horrifying and awful as it was for him to be attacked, for all the pain and the blood and the loss of his limb and his power both, Nero has always believed he had it easier. He passed out and remained out cold for much of the ordeal. He wasn't the one who had to find him bleeding and dying in the garage, who had to hold him until the ambulance arrived, who had to sit by his bedside in the hospital room. Kyrie had been so frightened and suffered so much in the aftermath of the attack, he was almost angrier at his assailant for her sake than his own.
He would never ask Kyrie to put her feelings about it aside, or to ignore them in favor of the family unity he does, admittedly, long for. He won't even ask her to give Vergil the same chance he did. If she'd told him she never wanted to look at Vergil again, he would have done his best to facilitate it-- no matter how much it would break his heart to do so. Kyrie deciding to hear him out is her own decision to make, and he would never ask her to even do that much.]
If you're okay with it, you can hear it from him. I'll respect anything you decide. And if you want me to be there, or to talk to him, or to do anything-- I'll do anything you want me to.
[He turns his head to kiss her temple, then to mumble very softly in her ear.]
I love you. More than anything else in the world. I'll do whatever it takes to make you comfortable and keep you safe.
I love you too. So much.
[Kyrie's eyes close as she leans into him, letting a shaky breath tremble free. She shivers as he mumbles in her ear and turns to face him, hesitating for just a moment to speak against his lips, he's that close.]
Just be here with me with me now. As long as I know you're safe, that's all I need.
[She knows she needs to make a decision, knows that Nero needs to be put at ease, but she can't think straight. She's so tired she realizes; tired of putting on a brave face, tired of holding herself together, tired of missing him. She leans in, brushing her nose against his as she closes her eyes and rests her forehead against his.]
I don't trust myself to decide anything tonight... I just want to be with you. You don't know how much I've missed you.
[Kyrie's eyes close as she leans into him, letting a shaky breath tremble free. She shivers as he mumbles in her ear and turns to face him, hesitating for just a moment to speak against his lips, he's that close.]
Just be here with me with me now. As long as I know you're safe, that's all I need.
[She knows she needs to make a decision, knows that Nero needs to be put at ease, but she can't think straight. She's so tired she realizes; tired of putting on a brave face, tired of holding herself together, tired of missing him. She leans in, brushing her nose against his as she closes her eyes and rests her forehead against his.]
I don't trust myself to decide anything tonight... I just want to be with you. You don't know how much I've missed you.
[He smiles when she speaks against his lips, adjusts to let her move comfortably. The temptation to snatch a kiss while they're here is a little too great, and he does before resting his forehead against hers.]
Yeah, please, take all the time you need. Sorry to dump all this on you all at once, but... [Better now than having her find out later.
He grins when she says she missed him.]
Almost as much as I've missed you? [Vergil could tell her some truly embarrassing stories. Yeeesh.]
Yeah, please, take all the time you need. Sorry to dump all this on you all at once, but... [Better now than having her find out later.
He grins when she says she missed him.]
Almost as much as I've missed you? [Vergil could tell her some truly embarrassing stories. Yeeesh.]
[The kiss is just what she needs and yet not enough, sweet and reassuring and enough to set her heart racing. She reaches to cup his cheek, smiling sweetly.]
Don't apologize, it needed to be said. Thank you for telling me everything.
[Forewarned is forearmed. It's been a lot to contend with, that much is for sure, but secrets never sit well, and they've always made it a point to be honest with each other. That won't change, not as long as they're together. And while they're being honest...]
Oh you can't have missed me more than I've missed you, but I suppose it has been longer for you than for me.
Don't apologize, it needed to be said. Thank you for telling me everything.
[Forewarned is forearmed. It's been a lot to contend with, that much is for sure, but secrets never sit well, and they've always made it a point to be honest with each other. That won't change, not as long as they're together. And while they're being honest...]
Oh you can't have missed me more than I've missed you, but I suppose it has been longer for you than for me.
[She thanks him for telling him. And right then, Nero gets the first little breath of hope that everything will be okay. That he made the right choice in telling Kyrie everything to begin with, not waiting for her to find out later some other way. That would have been deceitful, manipulative... he would never be able to forgive himself if things went down like that and she later found out. This way, there are no nasty surprises later on. She can approach Vergil with all the knowledge Nero has, and they can all move forward together.]
Oh, yes I can. I missed you so much...
[Nero snatches another kiss from her. Then his face turns 2.5 shades pinker.]
I feel like I'm dreaming. Like I have been since I saw you at the station. My beautiful Kyrie is here.
Oh, yes I can. I missed you so much...
[Nero snatches another kiss from her. Then his face turns 2.5 shades pinker.]
I feel like I'm dreaming. Like I have been since I saw you at the station. My beautiful Kyrie is here.
[Kyrie colors up, as she always does when he's so ardent and sweet with his compliments and loops her arms around his neck over his shoulders, shifting her body weight until she's sitting on his lap. She feels so self-conscious when he calls her beautiful, even when she's wearing his borrowed clothes and her hair's a half-dry tangle.]
It's not a dream, I promise. I'm here.
[She takes the initiative and saves him a steal, freely offering him a sweet, lingering kiss.]
And I'm not going anywhere.
It's not a dream, I promise. I'm here.
[She takes the initiative and saves him a steal, freely offering him a sweet, lingering kiss.]
And I'm not going anywhere.
[Au contraire, Kyrie. He has a hard time remembering the last time you looked hotter than right now, dressed in his hoodie. (Nero says that in his head literally every time he sees her.)
With her perched in his lap, he sits up to lean back against the headboard. The easier to kiss her between gushing compliments.]
Right here with me. [Smooch.] Right where you belong. [Smooch.
Then he goes in for a longer kiss to match hers. It starts off sweet but gets... a little steamy when he can't resist some tongue.]
With her perched in his lap, he sits up to lean back against the headboard. The easier to kiss her between gushing compliments.]
Right here with me. [Smooch.] Right where you belong. [Smooch.
Then he goes in for a longer kiss to match hers. It starts off sweet but gets... a little steamy when he can't resist some tongue.]
Always.
[She manages to sigh out her response before Nero goes in for a deeper kiss and she moans into his mouth as she tastes his tongue with hers. She is all too aware of how long it's been as her temperature goes up like touchpaper and she's aware of everywhere he's touching her and everywhere he's not.
And it's not enough.
One kiss melts into another, and another, and she laughs against his lips.]
Wait- is this okay?
[She manages to sigh out her response before Nero goes in for a deeper kiss and she moans into his mouth as she tastes his tongue with hers. She is all too aware of how long it's been as her temperature goes up like touchpaper and she's aware of everywhere he's touching her and everywhere he's not.
And it's not enough.
One kiss melts into another, and another, and she laughs against his lips.]
Wait- is this okay?
[Nero looks genuinely dazed when she breaks away to ask a question he should really, really be thinking of. It is, alas, bouncing around in his head unconnected to anything, made irrelevant by thoughts of Kyrie, kissing Kyrie, and touching Kyrie, in that order.]
Is what okay?
Is what okay?
[She really, really hates that she has to ask this and break the mood, particularly when he looks so utterly adorable when he's befuddled like this, but Kyrie is mindful that Nero hasn't been living alone, and is even more mindful of who he's living with.]
This is your father's house.
This is your father's house.
['I'll be quiet' he says.
Kyrie gives him a skeptical look before she laughs and drops her forehead to his bright red collarbone, shaking with amusement.]
No you won't! You don't know how.
[And, truth be told, she wouldn't want him to be, not tonight.
...she's not exactly quiet either. Sopranos tend to be full-throated at the best of times.
She kisses his throat apologetically.]
What should we do?
Kyrie gives him a skeptical look before she laughs and drops her forehead to his bright red collarbone, shaking with amusement.]
No you won't! You don't know how.
[And, truth be told, she wouldn't want him to be, not tonight.
...she's not exactly quiet either. Sopranos tend to be full-throated at the best of times.
She kisses his throat apologetically.]
What should we do?
[Nero grits his teeth, his gaze fading into the middle distance and briefly looking like it might burn a hole in the wall. You know, in all of his longing and wishing for family, he did not consider this aspect of it. And part of him honestly doesn't care (the horny part) but the rest of him knows if he and Vergil or Dante make eye contact tomorrow morning he's going to fucking die in a blazing inferno of humiliation.
So after a moment he turns, carefully depositing Kyrie on the bed.]
One sec please.
[He stands up and heads for the bedroom door, stepping out into the rest of the house for about 37 seconds.
Then he comes back, closing the door behind him, looking incredibly relieved.]
They're both out. House to ourselves.
So after a moment he turns, carefully depositing Kyrie on the bed.]
One sec please.
[He stands up and heads for the bedroom door, stepping out into the rest of the house for about 37 seconds.
Then he comes back, closing the door behind him, looking incredibly relieved.]
They're both out. House to ourselves.
[Kyrie kneels up on the bed, mindfully trying to push down her eagerness as she waits for him to return. It would be too cruel for them to be reunited only for them to be kept apart by circumstance at the last moment.
So when Nero returns with relief painted all over his face, it spreads to Kyrie almost immediately as she jumps from the bed and rushes straight to him.]
Oh thank your grandfather.
[She is 100% teasing him and laughs accordingly as she jumps into his arms.]
So when Nero returns with relief painted all over his face, it spreads to Kyrie almost immediately as she jumps from the bed and rushes straight to him.]
Oh thank your grandfather.
[She is 100% teasing him and laughs accordingly as she jumps into his arms.]
[Nero starts taking his shirt off and is most of the way done with it before she leaps into his arms. The shirt remains dangling from one bicep as he catches her and tilts her into a princess carry, though he's making quite the face. Good-naturedly, at least.]
Euugh. He had nothing to do with it.
[He kisses her, then carries her back over to the bed to plop her down by the pillows, laughing under his breath.]
And you are not allowed to praise him anymore when we're-
Euugh. He had nothing to do with it.
[He kisses her, then carries her back over to the bed to plop her down by the pillows, laughing under his breath.]
And you are not allowed to praise him anymore when we're-
[Kyrie can't stop laughing at his face, just as she had hoped. She kisses him back, refusing to let go of him as he drops her back onto the bed and tries to drag him down on top of her.]
Oh no, you're the only one I'm planning on praising tonight.
[Begone shirt, you have no place here. She tosses it away, over towards her discarded towel, and lets her palms rove over his torso as she shifts beneath him to get more comfortable.]
Oh no, you're the only one I'm planning on praising tonight.
[Begone shirt, you have no place here. She tosses it away, over towards her discarded towel, and lets her palms rove over his torso as she shifts beneath him to get more comfortable.]
[Vergil shakes his head a little.]
I haven't a need for anything personally, and the kitchen should be well-stocked. I went to the farmer's market only a few days ago.
[But if that isn't the case, Kyrie will surely let Nero know sooner rather than later. With Vergil out of the rotation of people to make meals for the foreseeable future, he imagines she will volunteer to pick up the slack while Nero is worrying about Vergil. Which Vergil knows that boy is going to do even if Vergil happens to be the most compliant possible patient.]
I haven't a need for anything personally, and the kitchen should be well-stocked. I went to the farmer's market only a few days ago.
[But if that isn't the case, Kyrie will surely let Nero know sooner rather than later. With Vergil out of the rotation of people to make meals for the foreseeable future, he imagines she will volunteer to pick up the slack while Nero is worrying about Vergil. Which Vergil knows that boy is going to do even if Vergil happens to be the most compliant possible patient.]
The silence gets filled, in V's mind, with Griffon's unhelpful chatter. Fortunately, V's gotten good at making no outward reaction to the bird's histrionics. Internally, unfortunately, is another matter and one Griffon gets a sense of, if not those around him. It's distracting, however, from how much dead air stands between V's suggestion and Nero's response, so that his anxiety has not entirely spiked when the boy speaks.
On the one hand, Nero implicitly agrees to spend time with V. On the other hand, it says nothing about the specific offer. V's not especially tied to the idea of an arcade, so it's overall a win. Nero talking with him and continuing to talk with him after what conversations they need to have is the real victory. Not that V would have softballed any challenges in the arcade to let Nero win in order to curry favor. No, any victory would be earned fairly. The same as it feels this win is.
V reads a little poetry while Nero gets his things and closes the book, tucking it away, as the door opens. Since all he sees different is the jacket, V supposes Nero likely checked on his patients and made sure they were ready to brave the world for a short span on their own without anyone caring for them. Knowing the Sparda twins, they would manage no matter what, but as Nero plays babysitter and nursemaid, perhaps not to his satisfaction.
He nods and starts walking... no direction in particular. As much as this part of Epiphany is his most explored, V has no destination in mind. Perhaps not Catfe, as he's already spent hours there today, but that's hardly direction. "There was a great deal we did not have time to speak of while making our way through the qliphoth tree," V comments, "It would do us both good to talk."
Vergil's summary of the rest of that day did not cover Nero's arm regrowing, perhaps not important a topic, but more to the point, there's how V treated Nero. It's not the relationship he wants with Nero now. "If there's any topic you most want to discuss, we can talk about it first."
On the one hand, Nero implicitly agrees to spend time with V. On the other hand, it says nothing about the specific offer. V's not especially tied to the idea of an arcade, so it's overall a win. Nero talking with him and continuing to talk with him after what conversations they need to have is the real victory. Not that V would have softballed any challenges in the arcade to let Nero win in order to curry favor. No, any victory would be earned fairly. The same as it feels this win is.
V reads a little poetry while Nero gets his things and closes the book, tucking it away, as the door opens. Since all he sees different is the jacket, V supposes Nero likely checked on his patients and made sure they were ready to brave the world for a short span on their own without anyone caring for them. Knowing the Sparda twins, they would manage no matter what, but as Nero plays babysitter and nursemaid, perhaps not to his satisfaction.
He nods and starts walking... no direction in particular. As much as this part of Epiphany is his most explored, V has no destination in mind. Perhaps not Catfe, as he's already spent hours there today, but that's hardly direction. "There was a great deal we did not have time to speak of while making our way through the qliphoth tree," V comments, "It would do us both good to talk."
Vergil's summary of the rest of that day did not cover Nero's arm regrowing, perhaps not important a topic, but more to the point, there's how V treated Nero. It's not the relationship he wants with Nero now. "If there's any topic you most want to discuss, we can talk about it first."
Okay. Well... no aerobics while I'm gone, okay?
[That's a joke. He hopes it's taken as a joke. Not entirely certain it will be but, hey...
With the help of his shopping bags, Nero manages to pack up more of the books without having to resort to superpowers of any sort. It is, however, more books than any normal person could comfortably carry, made featherlight by his strength.
He departs then, leaving Vergil to his own devices for round about an hour.]
[That's a joke. He hopes it's taken as a joke. Not entirely certain it will be but, hey...
With the help of his shopping bags, Nero manages to pack up more of the books without having to resort to superpowers of any sort. It is, however, more books than any normal person could comfortably carry, made featherlight by his strength.
He departs then, leaving Vergil to his own devices for round about an hour.]
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