[Nero wearing the title of a brat like a badge of honor? It's...actually exactly as Vergil anticipated Nero would react.]

Oh, it didn't, [he teases with a shake of his head.] The thought has been there for quite some time and you've done exemplary work to reinforce it. I just do not always say every thought that comes to my mind unlike someone else I could name.

[Vergil punctuates his statement with a rough pinch to Nero's absolutely not red cheek.]