[He swallows and tightens his fingers around hers. The suggestion hits him like a punch in the chest.]

I do want to. I don't know what we'd find after all this time, but... Dad gave me some pictures of her. Somebody had to know what happened to her and... Anything would be nice to know.

[He doesn't want to get hung up on that, though. If he's honest with himself, the subject of his mother still feels very raw and painful. Nero isn't sure how he can possibly deal with that, though, or how he's supposed to process any of it when she's such a big question mark.]

Anyway. So... that's why I have powers. And why Sanctus captured us. And why Dante gave me the Yamato. Because he's my uncle, and Vergil's my dad, and... I'm Sparda's grandson.