Yeah, that look on his face isn't going anywhere. Friends? That easily? It seems impossible. Togusa's everything he isn't, the sort of guy that gets respect just by being himself. He's softer, even if he is a cop, gentler, more willing to give someone a smile and a helping hand than he is to ignore them or rub salt in the wound. The only similarity between the two of them is their refusal to let the Retrospec matter go, the fact that they're both here in this moment.

Even with Togusa's warning against getting into it here, Dante still can't prevent himself from disagreeing aloud. "That's not... why I'm doing it, though." He looks away, not wanting to say anything more. Why is it that Togusa can see so much good at him? Why is it that Togusa is missing the obvious explanations for his actions and choosing instead to attribute them to some sort of benevolence he just doesn't have?

"I don't sneak in for other people's sakes. I sneak in because it pisses Retrospec off. Because if I can get my hands on information they don't want us to have, it'll make them feel less secure in their bunker. I want to make them feel the same way they've been trying to make us feel. How can you say that isn't self-serving?"

Again, his voice seems to fail him a little bit. "How can you say we're friends just like that?"