Nico sighed, looking over at him to keep arguing -- she could make arguments about how maybe Dipper and Mabel's story was the one that crossed realities, but there was no way that her and her friends were the only story that made it out of her universe -- but found herself flummoxed by the sheer sincerity of his expression. There wasn't a lot she could really argue with there.

"Yeah, well," she said, looking away to try and hide the smile curling her lips upward into her warming cheeks, "I guess I'll just take your word for it."