[ Alberto's is at full attention when he hears Bruno's voice, in turn. He takes a slice at an incoming tree root wanting to grab him, which slithers off in retreat; he quickly ducks down to the ground on his knees, trying to get a better glimpse at Bruno through the holes in the roots. ]
Bruno?! Is that you?!
[ He parrots back. Even if he's choosing to be slightly cheeky even in this moment, he's clearly very harried and frantic, and much louder, having been running around fighting demons with Isabela for a while now as they searched for a way in. But finally here's the one they're fighting for! The more adventure-y fighter types can run up and fight God or whatever is happening in the branches of the tree, he's really not been asking a lot of questions; he's single-mindedly focused on getting Bruno out. For as much as Alberto laughs in the face of danger, Alberto's not a fighter — he doesn't have cool magic flower powers, or super strength, or even real weapons... But he's got nerve and a bunch of kitchen knives in his schoolbag on his back, and he figures any knives can work for slicing evil trees and stuff, so that's what he's doing. Whatever he can. ]
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Bruno?! Is that you?!
[ He parrots back. Even if he's choosing to be slightly cheeky even in this moment, he's clearly very harried and frantic, and much louder, having been running around fighting demons with Isabela for a while now as they searched for a way in. But finally here's the one they're fighting for! The more adventure-y fighter types can run up and fight God or whatever is happening in the branches of the tree, he's really not been asking a lot of questions; he's single-mindedly focused on getting Bruno out. For as much as Alberto laughs in the face of danger, Alberto's not a fighter — he doesn't have cool magic flower powers, or super strength, or even real weapons... But he's got nerve and a bunch of kitchen knives in his schoolbag on his back, and he figures any knives can work for slicing evil trees and stuff, so that's what he's doing. Whatever he can. ]