[It's a special kind of revulsion he feels in even asking, laying this on Dante -- half because he wants to be the one finding Kyrie, getting back home, telling her about this whole fuckin' crazy trip -- and half because it sounds like he's giving up.
He's not.
But he's gotta be realistic. When a guy has wounds that won't heal, that fester, that rot. When food and water's running low. When he's already watched plenty of the locals die themselves.
Gotta be realistic. So it's simple. A simple response, he bets that can't be misunderstood. And one of the few fucking times Nero's ever said it and really meant it.]
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He's not.
But he's gotta be realistic. When a guy has wounds that won't heal, that fester, that rot. When food and water's running low. When he's already watched plenty of the locals die themselves.
Gotta be realistic. So it's simple. A simple response, he bets that can't be misunderstood. And one of the few fucking times Nero's ever said it and really meant it.]
Thanks.