[ Oh, no. That's more than enough for him to fill in the blanks, and his eyes drift downward, lips thinning out as he listens. There's nothing he can do about it, both a world and hundreds of years removed, but it's not a new behaviour: humans find reasons to other each other. Species who look obviously different? It's even harder to find mob mentality compassion.

Not impossible, because peace is possible, but difficult. And when it comes right down to it, according to Murasame, all demons are a product of humans, and humanity's darkness. The parts of them that most don't want to talk about. ]

I'm sorry that's the kind of situation you had to deal with... and that humans have been so cruel to jinba. Not that apologising changes anything, but... [ he looks up again. ] Wars bring out the worst in too many, and memories are long when they should be short.