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[imperabiliter]

[ After having wrangled his dumb children down from the roof and back to the party, its just in time to excuse himself for a bit of air as Shura grabs the two in precise headlocks. He's admittedly burdened with a number of... not so much concerns but passing thoughts, and a sore ribcage, but he's pushed this all aside in face of three inside. It

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[prodigalmight]

Fresh air? Yeah. [Excuse him if he seems a bit lost in thought. He generally is. He walks over to stand next to Shirou and just looks up at the sky. He isn't quite sure where he wants to start, just that he and this man need to talk. About who he is, about what he means to the people around here, maybe even about what he knows. Part of it was he didn't feel comfortable living with someone he didn't know. The other part, well, that was kind of personal.]

Just kinda have something on my mind.

[imperabiliter]

Is that so? I suppose I could say the same about myself.

[ Those his are for more different, yet nonetheless personal reasons. He'll glance at the young man, almost chuckling again, it certainly did remind him of the past. ]

[prodigalmight]

Yeah? [He shuffles a little, not really sure how to start. You don't just walk up to a person and ask them round after round of questions about their personal life. Especially when you don't know them well, but he really wanted to know. Was it even any of his business? Maybe that's why he wanted to know so much...]

You wanna talk about it?

[imperabiliter]

[ That does manage to get a chuckle out of him. ]

Usually it's the adults that ask those sort of questions! My thoughts are nothing more than on the hows and whys, also what this all might mean. [ A pause, and then a brief smile. ] But there's no need to burden you with the thoughts of an old man. Now then, what about yourself?

[prodigalmight]

[Bon shrugs.]
Yeah well, it looked like it needed to be said is all. Just cuz you're an adult don't mean you can't be troubled by something.
[He groans quietly. No more avoiding it, time to face the music.]
I don't mean this in an offensive way or anything, but it's you. This whole...being here thing. Kinda. I dunno.

[imperabiliter]

[ He raises a brow, musing quietly as the other gets his words out. ]

Rather strange? [ Shirou offers, though it probably went beyond strange. ] Hm, though it must be a more bothersome for you to watch especially with all the emotions raising up.

[prodigalmight]

Yeah, strange is a good word to describe it. It's not just that. I mean, it is kinda that. When you first showed up I thought the whole place was gonna fall apart. I mean, Shura was crying. That was really weird. But it's kinda more than that. Like, uh, shit.
[He pauses for a second.]
It's like I kept hearing these things about you, ya know? All these mixed reactions, but really they all loved you. Er, love you. And you were just this huge unknown to me and I felt all kinds of out of the loop and now here you are, standing right in front of me. I get the chance to meet the man that the three of them had such respect for. And I don't know why they respect you because none of them tell me anything.

[imperabiliter]

[ Shirou smiles as he listens, quiet for a moment before he responds. ]

Dear me, unfortunately it's not something I can tell you myself even if I frankly wish I knew myself. All I have to offer are my thoughts and respect for each of them. But if you do have any questions, let's have them. Haha, it's better these things get out in the open than kept bottled up, I think.

[prodigalmight]

[Bon just stares at him for a little bit, incredulous. Really? Something told him that the reason why none of them told him anything past what they did was because none of them really understood him themselves.]

Why did you pretty much adopt so many kids? How come you never just settled down with a woman you loved and had your own? What made you decide to become an exorcist? How did-[He stops and shuffles his feet. One question at a time, Bon.]

[imperabiliter]

My, my. [ He chuckles, rubbing his chin thoughtfully as he thinks over the rapid fire of questions just asked of him. ]

I wanted those three to have the choices and opportunities no one else wanted to offer them and I really wanted to see them happy. [ Shirou smiles at this, gazing off a bit. ] Most importantly I wanted them to have the chance at life, something some probably believe they shouldn't have got. Capable of overcoming everything that others had selfish piled against them.

... Can't stay I ever found someone I wanted to spend my life with, I was the kind of guy that was married to my job for awhile! But I still ended up with children of my own despite all that.

Hmm, and I suppose I wanted to be able to help, to be able to protect those that needed it. A bit cliche perhaps, but that is and has always been my reasoning.

[prodigalmight]

[Excuse Bon for a moment or two while he just stands there and stares at you, Shirou. He's in shock. He didn't exactly expect any kind of answer that would actually impress him. It wasn't what he was used to by any means. He was starting to see why he was so respected.]

[He shakes his head.] Doesn't sound cliche to me. It sounds like a great reason to become an exorcist really. [He looks up from the ground to stare Shirou.] Why did Rin have the Koumaken?

[imperabiliter]

[ There's no shock or surprise on Shirou's face at the question, in fact its quiet the opposite. Almost at ease. ]

So really are that man's son, how interesting... [ He shakes his head, glancing over toward the boy. ] And the reason for it being in Rin's possession would be because I took it from your sect's temple before the twins and even yourself were born.

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[For a moment he wondered why his own father had never told him this story. And then anger burned up the curiosity. Not like it mattered anyway. He stared hard at Shirou, not quite sure how he should feel about the man.]

Why'd you do it?

[imperabiliter]

It was a mission given to me by my superiors, they were very intent on claiming it. [ Enough to give him permission to destroy the temple if needed. ]

At that time I was still of the mindset it was needed in order to kill the boys.

[prodigalmight]

[Anything he may have wanted to say before flew right out the window.]
What?! Kill them? You mean Rin and Yukio?

[imperabiliter]

That's right. As soon as the Order discovered just what happened to their mother, plans were put into motion to make sure they were killed; sending me to take the Koumaken was part of that. After all, humans related to demons by blood are not that uncommon of a thing but Satan was a completely different matter. They didn't want to take any sort of risks.

[ He sighs, glancing back toward the door. ] But things change and as you know the sword was instead used to seal Rin's powers at birth, and I submitted false reports stating I had done just as they wanted.