I told you, you were brave

// too many war wounds and not enough wars //

Whether or not Danta sees the butcher turns out to be pretty irrelevant - the worst part, of course, is that he very well might have been aware of his presence, but given that they've never had a conversation about such behaviour, he doesn't think much of it. Either way, with his mind soon very much focused on the lovely lady at his side, he disappears into the alcove and soon the Dusklight is left with very little responsible parties. (Not that Danta really counted to begin with).

It's naturally some time before the Maverick emerges from his extracurricular activities, and longer still before he goes to find Asta. He'd asked after him, of course, soon after sending his lady friend on her way, but hearing that he's gone to do paperwork, he figures it's best to leave the butcher to his boring real work for a while.

A while, though, soon turns into too long and I'm bored, and so Danta slips away into the Backrooms to go and ra-tat-tat-tat at Asta's door, calling out a greeting from the other side. "Are you done being a real person? The barman won't talk to me about anything interesting." Read: the barman keeps doing his job too.

Dantalion

// too few rounds in the ring and not enough settled scores //