ā hey, how you doin? iām doing just fine. i lied. iām dying inside ā
Heād heard only rumors in hushed whispers carried by the wind about the being before him, the false oni who desecrated his people and homeland, the demon who cared less for the blood he spilled and more for the desire to please his undying master.
And how it was all a cruel lie.
āHumans are vicious beings, are they not?ā
He spoke simply, no malicious intent in his voice, as if reciting something that was a fact, something that was nothing but the truth.Ā āThey take advantage of what they can, and as soon as it conveniences them, they discard it. We are of different skin, you and I, yet we are similar all the same.ā
Was that perhaps too much information to be shared with a new being, one that could easily use it to gain the upper hand in whatever nefarious actions he may have in mind? Poor judgement on his part, possibly, but it was not often Susabi could find someone like him. To be forced into a fate beyond oneās control, abused, used, and to be repaid in nothing but the beatings of those you believed in...yes, he knew that all too well.