“Sometimes I get lost in it. I’m so knee deep in my own bullshit, I forget I got people and things outside of hunting.”
He rubbed the nape of his neck with what seemed like shame.
“I missed you a lot too. More than you could know.”
His tongue gently trailed his teeth, with a low chuckle following.
"I suppose you two are owed at least that..."
He scratched the back of his head and shrugged his shoulders to her question.
"Ah... I'm alright.
Could be better. How about you?...
Your life going well, kid?"
Is that so?
Well, she's still Mercy's favorite babysitter.
Nothing is gonna change that.
"Nah, I'm sure you got somethin' more important to be doing... You don't gotta worry about that, darling. Wouldn't wanna be a bother."
- the paper in his hand, and shut his eyes. Holding it between two flat palms like a prayer, Dante held her in his thoughts for this Christmas night. When he opened his eyes to stare up at the moon, he was hoping that out there somewhere, she was staring too.
To connect him and his daughter infinitely would make every hunt less stressful, and his sleep much more sound by granting him the ability to feel the heartbeat of the person most precious to him.
With the letter so distinctly written out by Lo, he compassionately squished -
Yeah well, the hair pulling is a habit they're trying to break. But he's honestly grateful she sees it in such a way.
Mercy may never know her mother, but she will know a mother's love.
He hasn't seen someone put so much love into a child, since Constance. He's so lucky to have her around in Mercy's life.
The best babysitter a father could possibly ask for.