[Agnus gave pause for a moment, the strange sensation of a crossing of his world and the world he imagined the 'heroic' types like Dante and Nero stood within made him feel strangely...ponderous.]

Think little of it, Gorthan. It is as much duty as a pleasure to stand and defend a friend.

[Is what he thought they would say in his...er...claws. Yet, still it seemed so...fitting. And felt somehow quite nice. Perhaps there was something to this humanity nonsense after all.]

I would not count him gone for long, merely a delay of his most odious intentions. Once the chaos of this strange event has settled, we will attend to the labs. However, you are in need of aid, yes? Shall I help you to the medical ward?