[Not hard to guess this is weighing on the kid considering the novel Nero gets in return -- very stream of consciousness -- but he's patient, reading and taking it all in. Steve needs him, which is... fucking weird, if you ask him, but he can't say he minds it. He's been needed before. It's not a bad feelings. Just surprising considering he'd only taken Steve on because he'd promised Geralt he wouldn't let him die to a monster attack.]
Kid, if you think the pit ain't that bad to the point you can talk about it like that, I don't wanna know what else you've gone through.
[Or Nero is recognizing it did something to him that maybe it never did to humans. To someone like Steve, where a dedicated duck could kill him. Nero's lived his life up to this point like nothing could... until magic bullshit and a hole in an island changed his mind.
Fuck. He doesn't want to think about it.]
Don't worry about it. This place is ass, but it's still just another world. And if it brought your friend back to life... I mean, I don't think it's bad to appreciate that. For you, or for him. Or to be fucked up about it.
[That's probably all he can say on it. Steve's gonna have to approach it, in the end, though Nero doesn't mind helping after, either.
He thinks that's it. Steve will either bring it up or he won't, but -- of course there's one last thing.
Nero almost scoffs at it. Not in derision, but in non-surprise. Of course. Not that he ever thought about it himself.]
Yeah. I guess I know now. Thanks, buddy.
[He's not sure Steve's ready for the whole thing, though. It was weird enough trying to explain the tail and wings. Just magic.]
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Kid, if you think the pit ain't that bad to the point you can talk about it like that, I don't wanna know what else you've gone through.
[Or Nero is recognizing it did something to him that maybe it never did to humans. To someone like Steve, where a dedicated duck could kill him. Nero's lived his life up to this point like nothing could... until magic bullshit and a hole in an island changed his mind.
Fuck. He doesn't want to think about it.]
Don't worry about it. This place is ass, but it's still just another world. And if it brought your friend back to life... I mean, I don't think it's bad to appreciate that. For you, or for him. Or to be fucked up about it.
[That's probably all he can say on it. Steve's gonna have to approach it, in the end, though Nero doesn't mind helping after, either.
He thinks that's it. Steve will either bring it up or he won't, but -- of course there's one last thing.
Nero almost scoffs at it. Not in derision, but in non-surprise. Of course. Not that he ever thought about it himself.]
Yeah. I guess I know now. Thanks, buddy.
[He's not sure Steve's ready for the whole thing, though. It was weird enough trying to explain the tail and wings. Just magic.]