Do What We Must

From the very beginning Manea had been obviously smitten with her eloquent and poised daughter, had she not met Ikigai Venom was unsure where their relationship would be right now. She certainly wouldn’t be considering an alliance as she was at that moment. Venom lifted her brows as Ikigai went on, what did they have to offer in return for an alliance? Venom didn’t see the need to offer anything more than reciprocation of terms. She tiptoed away from saying Hattori’s name, and it was obvious she was still as haunted as Venom herself.

Iki almost sounded afraid they would not be able to secure their alliance so instead of dismissing the concern she pressed onward. "Parallel benefit is traditionally the terms of agreement, but we could offer higher contingency.” She hummed softly. "What do you think, daughter?”

"Venom"