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01-22-2021, 10:12 AM
In silence he listened as she spoke of family, old wounds and loss. It was a lot to take in but somehow he felt as though he understood, as though her pain was brushing up aside his own. Hattori's brows furrowed in quiet contemplation. Family killing family, he hated how familiar of a notion it was. For all the death he had wrought, all the lives he had ended, he had only just recently learned what it felt like to lose someone important. And it hurt, unimaginably so. He puffed a sigh as he blinked slowly, his eyes stinging a little from the salty sea breeze. He came to a stop.
"I am sorry for your loss." It was no doubt the polite thing to say, but it felt impersonal as though he was simply going through the motions. Venom deserved better. "And I understand." He paused for a long moment, the words reluctant to pass his maw. "My cousin, Take, Raijin's brother...was killed. And I- I was not there but I feel guilty all the same."
The situation was horrendously complex, with daggers in the dark already wet with blood, but there was nothing he could do for now. Not here. But it made him wonder, if Venom's sister had been dead for quite some time then why had Fireside not retaliated? Had they simply not noticed or was it just a matter or not caring?