[ he pauses in his chewing at the mention of that familiar name. vergilius again... so he's serious about that, roland muses. it felt like ages ago when vergilius had confided in him about the kind of world he wanted. then again, having such ideals in the city is dangerous, so why even bother? hell, roland could even say that it's horseshit.

even now.

the flicker of recognition doesn't show in his face, however. his eyes are still pretty dull and dark as he blinks at dante with piqued interest, his grin crooked. ]

I mean, yeah. You know how Colors are. They're all pretty weird in their own ways. In all honesty, I'm kinda surprised that the Red Gaze ended up working with you guys, considering his status and all. He's prolly the most dangerous Color around, y'know?

[ at least the surprise was genuine, somewhat. wasn't vergilius working at an office before? ]