As they walk now, Vergil's attention is a little more on their surroundings. Most of the businesses in this area have, indeed opted to close for the time being. Signs hang in windows or on stalls indicating that they're temporarily closed due to damages or low stocks, occasionally a combination thereof. But not everything has shuttered itself. It's not much hope that the burger place he knows of is still open, but it's something at the very least. Occasionally, he's also looking to the train tracks, his mind wandering just for a moment to Mizu. Yamato simplifies matters if they wish to see one another, but she will not have an easy time reaching anywhere else independently for a time if the rest of the route looks anything like this.
He's still attentive to Nero, however, even as he's surveying the damages and his mind wanders a little, and doesn't miss his question, and sensing no particular motive behind it beyond continuing a bit of small talk as they continue together.
"I like the library," he says. "It's located here in Epiphany at the school, Kuma Lisa."
It's quiet. There's books on nearly every subject regardless of if it's more academic leaning or fiction. All a library should be so Vergil does not offer his reasons for enjoying it when they should be so self-explanatory.
"There's also a bakery here that's quite nice," he says. This one he elaborates upon a little more because it's not as though there is one singular bakery in all of Folkmore let alone all of Epiphany. "I don't quite understand why cats are its theme, but what they bake is perhaps the best I've sampled thus far. So, it is worth the disruptions from the cats they keep there if one chooses to stay rather than taking it home."
There is a cat-free section of the bakery that Nero will discover for himself should he ever visit the Catfé which may call into question just how disruptive Vergil finds the cats to be, but that's for him to discover on his own.
"I also frequently travel to Wintermute to spar with a friend. We've sparred with one another all over Folkmore at this point, but he is both human and a stubborn fool who doesn't always know when to yield. It saves a bit of time if his cabin is nearby for him to rest and recover in afterward." Vergil pauses a moment, glancing at Nero. While he couches it in something less than the certainty he knows to be true, he adds, "I imagine he may wish to spar with you as well should you ever meet. If you accept, make certain you enforce a rule not to duel to the death. Had I not insisted on that as a rule, he may very well have pushed himself to that point several times by now."
During their very first spar, it was Vergil who yielded because it was Mizu who lost control. She's been better about it since. Vergil isn't certain whether that's because Mizu actually gained a touch of awareness—it seems unlikely—or if she simply did not wish to have him fussing over her as much after the fight came to a close. Or there is the possibility that was enough for her to realize he meant it when he said no one was to die as a result of their sparring or they would not happen again. Or perhaps she simply did not like that he yielded in order to protect her life, and Mizu wants to ensure in that impossible scenario wherein the next time he yields, it's because she's bested him. Whatever the reason, Mizu has done much better about knowing when she's at her limit and not forcing Vergil's hand to put a stop to the fight. But sparring with Vergil with those limits in place may not inherently translate to sparring with Nero. While Vergil trusts Nero would not cross a line in a friendly sparring match with her, Mizu may not take such care with her own well-being.
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He's still attentive to Nero, however, even as he's surveying the damages and his mind wanders a little, and doesn't miss his question, and sensing no particular motive behind it beyond continuing a bit of small talk as they continue together.
"I like the library," he says. "It's located here in Epiphany at the school, Kuma Lisa."
It's quiet. There's books on nearly every subject regardless of if it's more academic leaning or fiction. All a library should be so Vergil does not offer his reasons for enjoying it when they should be so self-explanatory.
"There's also a bakery here that's quite nice," he says. This one he elaborates upon a little more because it's not as though there is one singular bakery in all of Folkmore let alone all of Epiphany. "I don't quite understand why cats are its theme, but what they bake is perhaps the best I've sampled thus far. So, it is worth the disruptions from the cats they keep there if one chooses to stay rather than taking it home."
There is a cat-free section of the bakery that Nero will discover for himself should he ever visit the Catfé which may call into question just how disruptive Vergil finds the cats to be, but that's for him to discover on his own.
"I also frequently travel to Wintermute to spar with a friend. We've sparred with one another all over Folkmore at this point, but he is both human and a stubborn fool who doesn't always know when to yield. It saves a bit of time if his cabin is nearby for him to rest and recover in afterward." Vergil pauses a moment, glancing at Nero. While he couches it in something less than the certainty he knows to be true, he adds, "I imagine he may wish to spar with you as well should you ever meet. If you accept, make certain you enforce a rule not to duel to the death. Had I not insisted on that as a rule, he may very well have pushed himself to that point several times by now."
During their very first spar, it was Vergil who yielded because it was Mizu who lost control. She's been better about it since. Vergil isn't certain whether that's because Mizu actually gained a touch of awareness—it seems unlikely—or if she simply did not wish to have him fussing over her as much after the fight came to a close. Or there is the possibility that was enough for her to realize he meant it when he said no one was to die as a result of their sparring or they would not happen again. Or perhaps she simply did not like that he yielded in order to protect her life, and Mizu wants to ensure in that impossible scenario wherein the next time he yields, it's because she's bested him. Whatever the reason, Mizu has done much better about knowing when she's at her limit and not forcing Vergil's hand to put a stop to the fight. But sparring with Vergil with those limits in place may not inherently translate to sparring with Nero. While Vergil trusts Nero would not cross a line in a friendly sparring match with her, Mizu may not take such care with her own well-being.