[Condescended to, insulted, treated like a child... There's a part of Dante that wants nothing more than to punch the guy, a part of them that they quickly stamp down on. A difficult task, given how that part of them writhes and fights and desperately attempts to wiggle free from beneath their metaphorical heel at the continued fact that Silco is making sense and might even be correct in some way shape or form, but a feeling they manage to keep control over nonetheless.

Still, their hands burrow deeper into their pockets. A contingency plan.]

< Let me guess: you don't trust LILITH enough to make use of the resources they have available, so you're trying to put together your own outside of them to get what you want. Right? >