Board Thread:Role Plays/@comment-24296957-20140301210623/@comment-25763181-20140715213313

Reiku shrugged as the three ignored his question and continued on. Then a subject sensitive to Reiku came to light. He winced at the mentioning of their past lives, unwanted fragments of his own memory began piecing themselves together as they went on.

The boy didn't look at Deryn's feathers, but more and more of his mysterious past began to unfold in his head, cryptic yet piquing curiousity.

''Stop it, James! You're not helping!''

The female voice returned to mystify the boy, her words came out harsh yet worried. James? He didn't know anyone by that name. And the voice...it closely resembled his mentor, but not close enough...

He swiftly shook his head, ignoring everything that went on and shifted his focus onto his teammates. There seemed to be more tension as Amet spoke, but atmosphere appeared to evolve as he spoke. Reiku was very tempted to speak out to change the subject as he wasn't very comfortable with it, but sympathy blocked his words from escaping as Amet and Deryn exchanged their pasts, both of them seemed all too familiar to him. Questions began to from from the depths of his mind.

White Fang? ''Kiying? What happened to Deryn? And what happened to Amet's family? And if he killed and stole for the sake of survival, then why haven't I heard of him on the news? I could've been great partners with him during my criminal days-''

His train of thought was interrupted when Deryn's words were replaced by sobs. It was a sight that almost mirrored his partner, the same reaction that was released when she too revealed her backstory to Reiku. Despite his trait of being socially awkward, he couldn't help but at least console the poor soul as she wept.

"Deryn..." The boy paused as he slowly placed his arm around her, trying to conjure up some words of comfort to throw at her.

"It's okay. You're not the only one who had to bear the pain of having blood on their hands..."

The boy didn't know how else to put it without potentially hurting her further, but he did his very best to lighten her mood.