['Coddling' would be patting your pretty ass and telling you he's never going to stab you in the back.
Deimos? He expects more than that level of naiveté from a man so proud.
But arguing the point would be more troublesome than it's worth, so instead the noise he makes in response is thinner and more akin to a huff. If Diego would prefer a more cynical welcome, he can certainly provide it; there's an instant between the flutter of his butterfly knife in his fingers and the quick slash he aims at Dio's left cheek -- just a playful test, so much less than the mouse is capable of doing.]
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Deimos? He expects more than that level of naiveté from a man so proud.
But arguing the point would be more troublesome than it's worth, so instead the noise he makes in response is thinner and more akin to a huff. If Diego would prefer a more cynical welcome, he can certainly provide it; there's an instant between the flutter of his butterfly knife in his fingers and the quick slash he aims at Dio's left cheek -- just a playful test, so much less than the mouse is capable of doing.]