The Issum’s resolve was shaken with the sound of shock at his words. But what else could be expected? To learn that someone you knew used to be a different character entirely, that their hands were stained with the blood of multiple others wasn’t something to shrug off. But after a bit of awkwardness and silence she assured him that his past changed nothing. Her reaction was all he could have hoped for and he smiled gently at her with the greatest appreciation for her understanding from where he sat in the grass.
He couldn’t do much more than beam happily at her until he noticed a change in his friend’s demeanor. A stray tear had his brows scrunched in worry as he listened. What her brother had done? The way she said it was the way Thana had spoken of her father a time ago. What a horrid thought that family could hurt their female members in such a way. It was in itself the most repulsive thing Jaden could imagine. He felt terrible for her but took her words to heart. There was no way for him to offer true empathy but to know that if someone ever took what had been taken from her from someone he loved and could protect, there would be hell to pay.
This was of course just a guess at what her brother had truly done though, but it would do no good to ask more about it if the subject hurt Rio so deeply. Jaden scooted a bit closer and put a comforting hand on her slim shoulder. Being able to take a life isn’t a strength, it's weakness. That you were unable to shows just how good a person you are. He had no reason to assume she was simply robbed of her opportunity. But you wouldn’t want the torment of murder on your mind regardless. I’m sorry to hear that such a sweet woman has been affected by something so terrible, he smiled at her kindly showing not only that he was grateful to her for accepting him but that he would gladly hear and comfort her for anything she had to say.
Jaden does. Jaden speaks. Jaden thinks.
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