Noel stepped out of Roberto's own shadow with Revenant Fang already in hand.
Roberto turned his head just enough to look at him properly, his expression calm even now, as if the battlefield behind them had not just been torn apart by a spell large enough to change the shape of the war. For a brief second, neither of them moved.
Then Roberto smiled faintly. "That was a pretty surprising attack. I remember seeing it before, but this is the first time I've seen it at this level."
"You flatter me."
Roberto let out a quiet breath through his nose. "I'm serious. What you've planned isn't bad at all. You've surpassed my expectations." His eyes stayed on Noel a moment longer. "Though, to be fair, you've been doing that for a while now."
