Nico gets both sides of the argument. His respect for Senku goes up a bit for that. "Sometimes, sacrifices have to be made. But at least his wasn't going to be fatal."

Nico shrugged. "The Greeks were famous for their tragedies for a reason," he said. "It sucks. We live until we die. And we generally know where we're going to end up. Which isn't a great comfort to most, but to me, it is." Granted, unless he pisses off his father, he's basically just going to be doing more of the same.