>>25207439"Nnnggggh!... Perhaps I would have... if it weren't for you keeping my spirit restless!......"
"Gaagnnnh.... Spirit? Wh-What spirit?.. You don't even..... EMOTE half... the damn time!"
"Hnggh... Simply because.....you make up the difference...... by doing it /all the time/....!"
"Gaaaaghhh!.....Lowbrow........ are you running.... short on cracks already.... geezer?"
"On the contrary.... These are....nghh...
wrinkles, not cracks!"It doesn't really occur to either of them that their deep retrospective has suddenly shifted to slinging jabs and talking mad bantz until that remark. A short wave of silence falls over the two before they promptly share a hearty laugh.
"Hehehorf... hrmmm... You're still the same Dio..."
"Heh.. I could say the same for you... er.. minus the aging...."
"Graceful aging... in my eyes.."
"S-So..." Dio forces through the slits of his teeth. "nngh.. How bad do you... think it'll hurt?... Dying, I mean....."
"Hrm...?" the master hums. "Are you not even.....contending... the thought of your heart....being strong enough to persist..?"
"Well.. you /did/ just call me... a stubborn... rash fool..."
