Because if there's one thing I respect about Earthlings, it is their stories, their heroes, the imaginations of their people. Perhaps this is my way honoring that, as well.

...Here's how it works Though there are people on Earth who make thought-form helpers to do their bidding, these rarely end up as full, autonomous beings capable of sustaining themselves. Creation of this kind requires a state of acute concentration that is very hard to maintain at human levels of consciousness. Instead of risking a half-baked product, I plan to be patient. While I am still embodied, I store all energy spent on obsessing over Dante into a special energy reserve in my mind. It accumulates there, likely coagulating into half-forms and drifting apart again over time, but it does not escape or diminish. This gives me a ton of raw material to work with later. Material not forced or fabricated in retrospect, but consisting of real, vivid emotions, impressions, experiences, and memories. Once I am back to a level of existence where thoughts flow freely and the mind is clearer, I will retreat into a quiet place and concentrate on... well, I guess the best way to describe it is "giving birth." All the years of pouring energy into the reserve could be seen as the gestation period, and now it would be time to bring new life into the world. I would take that raw material and meticulously shape it with the power of intention, strengthening it, adding to it, and filling in any missing gaps. No detail is too small for a creation of this scale. Like every living being, he would need centers that circulate energy throughout an entity's body, enabling him to react to stimuli and receive nourishment from the universe at large. I would design them, create them, link them together, and jump-start them into self-sufficiency. ...Dante? Would this new being be Dante? Strictly speaking, no. He would be my own version of something directly inspired by Dante. He would definitely have the white hair, the perfect body, the ice blue eyes, the weapon finesse, the sense of style, and perhaps even the coat that Dante has. Instead of demon blood he would have my Void "blood," complete with a Void form equitable to Devil Trigger. He would have no brother, but much of Vergil would be fused with him as an aspect of his personality. He would have no father, but though he would initially lack memory of his versions on Earth, I will take satisfaction in the knowledge that his long search for a mother would be fulfilled through me. He would be a brand new entity, innocent and pure. Though he would have plenty of time to find things to angst about later, during the delicate period of weaning a spotless soul into the world, he would be sheltered and pampered from the harshness outside. Few would dare harm a creature worthy of being called my son. He would be my messenger and my avatar, under my implicit protection. At some point, memories floating dormant in the energy I created him from would probably resurface, and it will be an interesting day indeed when he asks if it is possible to have past lives as a video game character.