[He does recognise that key difference, since he knows that sort of jealousy and rejection well.]
Well it's both in a way. I wouldn't be able to handle any more, I already don't know how to be a father to you.
...But I am glad that I have you. That you have put up with me and given me a chance. You're a good son and I...wouldn't need anything else. Or anyone else. If we had always been together.
[He accepts the help only extremely reluctantly. Only because old men have taught him when a hand is offered cor helping you get up, even if you don't need it, you take the hand. That's how it works. Some weird human social contract.]
...Not enough to try getting back to normal, hm? You don't have to hide your arm from me. Or wing as the case may be.
...Even with a prosthetic, it's not perfect. It's heavier than a normal arm. The straps make my skin itch by the end of the day. I can't keep it in water and it's hot wearing it in the summer. And I can't fix it myself when it gets broken, which means it's usually the first thing to break in a fight.
...It wouldn't my arm though, would it. Just some random human arm grafted to me. It'd be like-- if someone cut off your wings and you just replaced it with regular-ass bat wings. Sure, it does the same thing, but it's not you.
Mm, well, the ones they've given me are most likely not truly mine, nor do they function properly. But I am glad for them all the same simply because they are akin to what should be.
More or less, yes. Wouldn't it be more comfortable and easier to have a regular arm than deal with the troubles of a prosthetic? Hardly ideal, yes, but simpler.
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I know.
Anyway you don't have to worry, you have my undivided parenting attention. I wouldn't have the capacity for any more.
[One is way more than enough, how does he deal even with that.]
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I don't wanna hear that. I wanna hear I'm the only kid you'd want.
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[He does recognise that key difference, since he knows that sort of jealousy and rejection well.]
Well it's both in a way. I wouldn't be able to handle any more, I already don't know how to be a father to you.
...But I am glad that I have you. That you have put up with me and given me a chance. You're a good son and I...wouldn't need anything else. Or anyone else. If we had always been together.
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Does-- does that mean if you knew about me... you would've stayed? Instead of all that tower stuff?
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At... least you would've done your best.
[For whatever measure of 'best' that was. Nero relaxes a little, even if that warmth cools a bit. Cold comfort, as it were. But comfort nonetheless.]
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And I will now. I do like the idea of teaching you, Nero. Don't think it's an imposition or that I would choose anyone else over you.
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...Sorry. For being so much trouble.
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[Maybe he'll...pet the feathers. Good boy.]
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Should...? I should get off you...
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...I am a bit weak at the moment.
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[He shuffles off like a chastised puppy, perching at Vergil's side to help pick him up with his one good claw.
Once he was up, he turned away - trying to shield the view of his half formed stump of a wing from him.]
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...Not enough to try getting back to normal, hm? You don't have to hide your arm from me. Or wing as the case may be.
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Sullenly, he mutters,]
It's barely a wing.
...I hate it.
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It's a shame you can't fly like that. But otherwise it's no different than your arm normally.
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...Even with a prosthetic, it's not perfect. It's heavier than a normal arm. The straps make my skin itch by the end of the day. I can't keep it in water and it's hot wearing it in the summer. And I can't fix it myself when it gets broken, which means it's usually the first thing to break in a fight.
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[But that detail sure does make him feel bad...]
Have you thought about getting sensitIV to attach a new arm?
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...It wouldn't my arm though, would it. Just some random human arm grafted to me. It'd be like-- if someone cut off your wings and you just replaced it with regular-ass bat wings. Sure, it does the same thing, but it's not you.
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...If none of it's real, maybe it doesn't matter? As long as it's comfortable?
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They got power, though. An assortment of'em that'll work even when our units abilities are turned off. That's the one point in its favor.
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