[He doesn't think he's talking to a wall here. Dante pretends to be blase and above it all all the time, but just like Vergil, he does listen when Nero talks. He's heard his own words echoed back at him in Dante's voice plenty of times-- or at least, heard the man admit something close enough to something Nero once insisted... look. Even if he can't take credit for it, he can at least know that it's not completely pointless speaking from the heart to Dante.]
Look. We're all here together under one roof. Your partner is a nice demon who keeps raiding our fridge. You and Vergil stopped trying to kill each other. And I'm calling the guy who ripped my fucking arm off "Dad." We've all changed from how it used to be. We've gotten better, together.
[Nero takes another step, carefully, and reaches up to put his hand on Dante's bicep, kind of a cross between a brotherly slap and a gentle squeeze.]
Like, don't get me wrong, we're always gonna be a bunch of weirdos. That's just who we are as a family. But things don't have to stay fucked up just because they got that way once. We can work together and make things better. That's what families are supposed to do, right? They support each other and help each other grow.
[Yes he is aware he sounds like some kind of lame after school special. So you KNOW he must believe this, hard, if he's willing to put his own words to such a sentiment.]
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[He doesn't think he's talking to a wall here. Dante pretends to be blase and above it all all the time, but just like Vergil, he does listen when Nero talks. He's heard his own words echoed back at him in Dante's voice plenty of times-- or at least, heard the man admit something close enough to something Nero once insisted... look. Even if he can't take credit for it, he can at least know that it's not completely pointless speaking from the heart to Dante.]
Look. We're all here together under one roof. Your partner is a nice demon who keeps raiding our fridge. You and Vergil stopped trying to kill each other. And I'm calling the guy who ripped my fucking arm off "Dad." We've all changed from how it used to be. We've gotten better, together.
[Nero takes another step, carefully, and reaches up to put his hand on Dante's bicep, kind of a cross between a brotherly slap and a gentle squeeze.]
Like, don't get me wrong, we're always gonna be a bunch of weirdos. That's just who we are as a family. But things don't have to stay fucked up just because they got that way once. We can work together and make things better. That's what families are supposed to do, right? They support each other and help each other grow.
[Yes he is aware he sounds like some kind of lame after school special. So you KNOW he must believe this, hard, if he's willing to put his own words to such a sentiment.]