[Even with a positive reaction from Dante, the emotions continue to turn in her stomach. It was simple at first. Play things like normal, show your good sides and hide your ugly emotions back. She had moments near the start of her journey here where she panicked if she accidentally opened up too much or someone catches wind on her weakness. And yet, some people were gentle and offered their hand or ear with no catches. Wriothesley was one of them, giving her support and not trying to take advantage of her at all. The good ones never really last long, do they?]

Mm. Thanks.

[She means it even if it doesn't look like it.]

There were some times where I opened up a little and people reacted badly so... It makes me want to step back even if I want to go forward.

As Vergil told me, it would be bad if I got left behind... I ain't gonna go into detail on the things we talked about, but getting out of the City both did us some good I think~

[She doesn't turn back towards Dante, her gaze locked in on the things in front of her as her hands sort through each snack. A small smile grows on her lips as she is trying to navigate back towards a warmer side. A light snow fall can continue, but she would like the sun to shine out of the clouds a little bit. She doesn't want to stick into doom and gloom for too long for both her sake and everyone else's sake.]

I actually have control over my cash and I can go out and do whatever I like as long as I don't break LILITH's rules too much. Go eat something new, gamble, shopping, or check out a corner of this city that I haven't seen yet. I made some new friends and... [She lets out a laugh.] Maybe something else too.

[pfft.]

Look at you figuring some things out! Proud of you~

[Even if she couldn't help but to tease Dante a little bit, that reaction was a little cute. How could she not?]

You'll meet Yuwon eventually. He's on the same team as you are... He has his quirks and can be frustrating at times, but he ain't a bad guy.

A good point. Best to get know the common faces around here.

[With both Vergilius and Ishmael in Brimstone and herself in Redemption, there is a bit of concern over Dante if Revelation is separated from them, but it's just the usual Sinner sense. She opens up a bag of chips and pops one of them in her mouth.]

If you wanna meet some of my friends, I can introduce you.

Hm? Not really. I mean, at least nothing too detailed. Yuwon knows you by name from stuff I had to tell him.

[A pause.]

Okay, don't get mad over this, but I had to tell Yuwon about corrosions and distortions because Ishy and I had to use our E.G.O. several times during some fights plus with last mission and Wriothesley... We don't know if that can happen here yet, but the risk was there and tons of us were worried over Ishmael.

Listen, I swear I ain't blabbering the details about it to everyone and Yuwon isn't the type to spill secrets openly either... It's a safety thing, okay? Don't want to accidentally kill anyone in case we corrode.

[Which she has certainly did corrode in the past and given Dante's next question.... Her eyes avert away as she scratches her cheek.]

A good amount, but it's fine! We've been totally careful on not going overboard~ [says the one who was in red shoes mode in the last mission.]

Huh? No. At least, not to me. I've been careful on using them, Dante. Seriously.

[Being on seperate things does help keep things away from Vergilius's radar, but she doesn't intently get on his bad side outside of her usual teasing and jabs.]

I'm still alive, aren't I? Didn't kill off anyone by accident so it's fine.

[She's not going to mention on how she was mostly alone fighting the vampires in the last mission. She knew the risks yet she still put on those red shoes. Maybe her actions made a difference. Maybe it didn't.]

Oh? Really? Nice, that's gonna be super helpful!

[Dante is changing as well, huh... Also it's a nice break that the conversation seemed to shifted to less focus on herself.]

Wonder what other kind of powers you are gonna get down the road... Anyways when did ya learn that power? Last thing I remembered was heading towards the WARP train ride...

[She is not going to mention about the Timekilling Time case and hopefully Dante won't either!!!]

No, but if I had to guess... Something went wrong and we didn't get a chill train ride?

[Because given what she knows about the trains from the identities of others, it's pretty horrifying.]

Guess he had a free-for-all buffet on the train until we put a stop to it.

[But man, what is with her life having Bloodfiends lately... The encounter and mission back in Transylvania was exhausting enough. Dealing with the same thing back at The City would be worse. Her expression shows that she is taking this news with some seriousness.]

I can tell you about what kind of hell the rest of us went through back in Brasov, but... Did anything else happened back there, Dante? Did we reach our spot, got the Bough, and all of that?

[She isn't sure if she wants the full story yet, but surely their journey is still ongoing... Right?]

Mm... Nah, it's fine. [She shakes her head even if she is curious on what details Dante cannot share about it, but she has her secrets and Dante has theirs. There is probably a good reason for her manager to keep them.]

Ishmael can be prepared as much as she wants and I'll deal with it when the time is right... Knowing that we all made it out is enough for me.

[Or maybe she isn't ready to know the full story yet. It's hard to tell how she feels about it.]

Hm? It's nothing. [Quick to say it as if she's prepared for Dante to ask that.]

Nothing you have to worry about, Dante.

It's nothing serious! Another case of Ishmael snapping at me! You know how it is!

[............................]

Only instead of taking it, I may have snapped back a little bit and she's probably completely doesn't want anything to do with me outside of necessary work stuff, but it's fine!

[Is it.............]