You're not completely out of line, you might be jumping the gun a little but that's it. [ if their positions were reversed can dante honestly say he wouldn't be doing the same? preparing for the worst, assuming the worst, and refusing to see anything else? isn't that exactly what he did when watched v merge back to urizen? he assumed the worst, he climbed that tree with every intention of putting his brother down once again as he had done before. ]

I don't think you should leave it all to faith, but it isn't gonna hurt to have a little of it. [ faith in vash at least, in the fact he wouldn't just toss wolfwood aside like some sort of torn and old blanket. that he means more to vash that wolfwood thinks he does, that he means more to dante than he thinks he does. he feels like they've regressed back to the beginning of june, dante struggling to convince wolfwood to allow himself to relax, that it is okay to take the happiness that comes his way. some terrible part of him can't help but wish that this hadn't happened, that they didn't get this younger form of vash's brother dumped on their doorstep. it'd had been simpler then, easier. they had been happy. ]

'course I remember. [ dante frowns, turning his head into the mess of wolfwood's hair. ] I'm still your realist, Nick. That hasn't changed. I've been ready for the worst from day one, but we're not there yet.