[ Ah. Well, if not for the fact that they've both been generally avoidant since they woke up, he figures this would've come up long ago anyway, because if anyone stops to take more than a passing glance at his mind, it's...pretty hard to miss the clues, really.
An ocean of blood, a crushing sense of guilt, underscored by a heavy weariness that he's never going to be anything more than a crime against existence. ]
(I failed a mission, five years ago. Worse than failed - I was seen.)
[ In a world where going undetected is everything, that made him a liability. A loose end, in need of tying up before anyone was able to track him back to Ouroboros. Only one thing happened to those who made that mistake. ]
(...my target saved my life. His name was Cassius Bright.)
[ And, thus easily inferred, had clearly done far more than that, for Joshua to now be using the Bright name himself. ]
no subject
An ocean of blood, a crushing sense of guilt, underscored by a heavy weariness that he's never going to be anything more than a crime against existence. ]
( I failed a mission, five years ago. Worse than failed - I was seen. )
[ In a world where going undetected is everything, that made him a liability. A loose end, in need of tying up before anyone was able to track him back to Ouroboros. Only one thing happened to those who made that mistake. ]
( ...my target saved my life. His name was Cassius Bright. )
[ And, thus easily inferred, had clearly done far more than that, for Joshua to now be using the Bright name himself. ]