Chapter 33: [33]:Nidhogg
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His lips twitched. He could appreciate the boy's defiance. It had been much the same way when he and Nyx fought. Defiance against the inevitable had always been a human trait. History was rife with examples of famous last stands and gritty sieges, where the defenders had held out against all odds.
For a devil, Issei possessed a remarkably human side to him. He could always respect that.
Respect, but not give in. Appreciate, but not concede.
He let Boosted Gear slip through his claws. The gauntlet fell heavily to the floor, Issei's arm with it, limp and deadened. The black metal that was his own glove wrapped around the boy's face, bronze talons setting themselves against the sides of his head. If surrender was not within the devil's vocabulary, then unconsciousness would do the trick all the same. Though much of his features were obscured by the False Gear, Issei's eyes were could still be seen between the gaps left by his fingers, and defiance still shone in them.
He wondered idly if Nyx had beheld the same thing, a single human, standing by himself on that blasted landscape, a lone flicker of defiance against the vastness of space that was her power.
He grimaced. Now he felt like the villain.