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    “You guys ever complain about your dads together?”

    “Hell no,” Nico said. “Just mention Dante or Vergil and Nero’ll clam up faster than a jackrabbit. Best I’ve been able to get is a-” she started doing a terrible impression of his voice “-those bastards left me behind.”

    “Oh, Nero,” Lady said.

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    Nero was more human than demon. Vergil and Dante were painfully reminded of that fact.

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    good characterisation !!

  3. Public Bookmark 33

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    Dante turns to reach for the Devil Sword Sparda, only to find the way forward is suddenly blocked. Something hard and metallic hooks into the meat of his shoulder, a heavy bar pressing against his chest, stopping his movement if only out of sheer novelty. Dante feels his jaw clench so tightly he swears he can hear his teeth creaking as he follows what turns out to be the line of V’s cane back down to its wielder. He knows how he looks when he feels like this, when dark desires stir hotly in his blood and darker thoughts swirl dangerously in his head. He knows, too, that the look he fixes V is nothing short of murderous, because V is interfering yet again in Dante’s business with his family.

    Yet V does not so much as step back, instead putting even firmer pressure on Dante’s chest as though this measly chunk of steel is going to stop Dante from going anywhere.

    Dante opens his mouth to make some sort of snide comment, but V beats him to the punch.

    “You are ill-equipped to fight him as you are, and you cannot afford another mistake. Calm down and centre yourself. Somehow, I do not think Urizen will toss your body down here to recuperate a second time.”

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    Studying his nails with more interest than they warrant, V says in a tone that brooks no argument, “I intend to come with you.”

    “You?” The incredulity is expected, and V intends to pay it no mind. That is, of course, until Dante follows it up with, “No offense, but you’re a little…” The devil hunter’s grin is tight and mocking around the edges as he gestures with his hand to the full length of V’s body. He seems intent on insulting V as much as possible, despite the short time they’ve spent together, no doubt trying to locate his soft spots and dig blunt fingernails in as deeply as he can.

    In Dante’s territory, there is little V can do about such obvious discourtesy. Even so, he does not intend to take it lying down.

    V finds himself smiling with a bit more teeth than necessary, voice dropping to a low, dangerous rasp. “I am more than capable of taking care of myself.”

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    It is not love, he thinks, for demons do not love. V could, in acid-like longings that burned him to the core. Vergil –

    Vergil is half-devil. He does not feel that kind of thing. Dante is the human one, the one who cries and advertises it. Vergil is, as Nero has so eloquently put it, a "cold bastard."

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    edit nov 2025: the arm scene......