Nico's cheeks warmed at the compliments and it was a real struggle not to turn away or hide her face with her free hand. That sounded a lot better than her usual what if he goes evil response of "we'll rip out his damned heart".

She was trying not to be flattered by all of that, but it was pretty difficult in the face of that sincerity.

"Sounds like a plan to me," she said, squeezing his hand back. Her return smirk was about as warm as her face felt, too. "I can already tell that I'm going to be safe if my going evil involves robots."