[ He stays near Steve, but gives the young man some room, lingering by the old telephone box that stands by the grounds. He didn't visit Nero's place often; Nero was often in the vehicle or trekked to Kaer Morhen to find him instead. In truth, this domain never really felt like Nero's. He suspected Nero built it just to build something...but that, like any hunter, Nero was not particularly attached to a place.
But there are echoes here nonetheless. It hurts. It's an old pain, too. He is no longer capable of remembering what it was like the first time, when it was fresh and new and he didn't understand how sharp the ache could be or how long it would last. The way it would rear its head at the most unexpected of times, days or weeks later. Now it's simply...
What he knows.
Words help little, so he says nothing while Steve absorbs his surroundings, only inclines his head in confirmation. Yes. It will. Swallowed up by time like everything else. ]
He'd want you to have something.
[ Or all of it, perhaps. He can imagine Nero scoffing at the idea that any of his dilapidated shit was to be preserved, that the only thing of value he truly owned was his sword and his guns, but...deep down, Nero would appreciate it, too. That Steve might want to keep something. ]
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But there are echoes here nonetheless. It hurts. It's an old pain, too. He is no longer capable of remembering what it was like the first time, when it was fresh and new and he didn't understand how sharp the ache could be or how long it would last. The way it would rear its head at the most unexpected of times, days or weeks later. Now it's simply...
What he knows.
Words help little, so he says nothing while Steve absorbs his surroundings, only inclines his head in confirmation. Yes. It will. Swallowed up by time like everything else. ]
He'd want you to have something.
[ Or all of it, perhaps. He can imagine Nero scoffing at the idea that any of his dilapidated shit was to be preserved, that the only thing of value he truly owned was his sword and his guns, but...deep down, Nero would appreciate it, too. That Steve might want to keep something. ]