you were automatic and as hollow as the 'O' in god
"We certainly do," Danta agrees all too easily, more than happy to dwell on their teamwork rather than Asta's revelation and the nightmare that sleeps in his bones once more. Humming a note of soft surprise at the request, the Maverick nonetheless slips his arm into the butcher's and follows him across the room, feeling much more free and thoroughly enjoying the weight of the chain draped around him, warmed by his body heat.
"Oh, I see," he purrs, raising his eyebrows but absolutely not complaining as he's offered a double measure of whiskey. Danta sips it this time, at least, no longer feeling the need to immediately medicate himself quite so sharply, leaning gently against Asta. "If I didn't know better I'd think you were trying to get me drunk," he says with a playful wink. "Do you want to go and get dinner with this, at least? That way I won't end up falling asleep before the sun sets."
"Oh, I see," he purrs, raising his eyebrows but absolutely not complaining as he's offered a double measure of whiskey. Danta sips it this time, at least, no longer feeling the need to immediately medicate himself quite so sharply, leaning gently against Asta. "If I didn't know better I'd think you were trying to get me drunk," he says with a playful wink. "Do you want to go and get dinner with this, at least? That way I won't end up falling asleep before the sun sets."
Dantalion
Horns: Diamond - they look very similar to #2 in this image.
