Kuro manages to overhear the last bit before he arrives and when Aoba tries to brush it off as nothing of import the young demon can not help but heave a great sigh. [i]'He really need more confidence boosters. Maybe I should have him make the trough for the pigs and not help him at all. . . .Or maybe even something that would require him using his head more. . . .'[/i] There is a long moment of silence where Dani simply stares at the angel, the cogs in his head working overtime as he tries to understand something he's never come across before.

Finally he whips around to his little brother and begins ranting. “What the hell is up with this guy? I mean, always assuming you did something wrong? That's just stupid. I haven't seen him do anything wrong yet, not in any of that true sense of the word stuff you're always talking about. Does this mean they're all kicked puppies up there? That's just, not right. I've fought humans with more confidence than this, well not really fought, but slaughtered, and all the angels I've met have always had heads too big for their necks. Is this what it means to be a good “person” and if so, why the hell would anyone ever try to be one?” 

As he falls silent Kuro doesn't offer Aoba even a glance before responding. “No, it's not normal for angels to act like this, but from what I understand, they all treated him like a door mat up there, or tried to, and if you treat someone like that long enough, it tends to take hold in their mind, and even if they are as amazing as my Little Mouse here has the potential to be, somethings linger and are hard to get rid of, so despite the fact that he no longer has any need to, he will keep apologizing until he gets it beaten out of his head, figuratively of course, that he no longer has to say he's sorry for every little thing. It's one of my many goals for making him into the best fallen angel there has ever been, and unlocking his vast potential.” Kuro knows that as long as he can sound like he's telling the whole story, Dani won't ask too many questions. The last thing he needs is his older brother asking about how he knows about how Aoba was treated in heaven.

It seems to work ass Dani screws up his face in thought. His voice is slower now, his age starting to show thought. “So, you don't just want a fallen angel as a pet, you want him to be the best, and free to be whatever it is he will naturally grow into?” He casts a critical eye up at his brother, all marks of insanity gone from his gaze. 

Kuro shakes his head lightly. “I can't have him as a pet. If he is to grow, he must grow freely, without being owned. Ownership would stunt him. I will not tell you now, but I owe him at least that much, and beyond that, I really want to see what he can be.” He chuckles lightly. “It's like I've found an egg and I have no idea what's inside, and in order to find out, rather than cracking it open, I want to warm it, care for it, and hatch it, giving me something far better than a dead chick. Understand?”

Dani stands silent for a long moment, serious thought closing his eyes an pressing his lips together. As he thinks Kuro looks over to Aoba and motions for him to remain silent for now, trying to say with his eyes that he will explain later. After several minutes the older brother's eyes open and he gives a nod. “That is better, to see what hatches, and to help it get bigger. The bigger the bird, the more to eat.” Kuro nods back, his food driven logic making him smile inside. Dani turns to Aoba and in a sudden motion he leans up and nips the lobe of the angel's left ear hard enough to draw blood. The meaning behind the nip keeps the orders in his collar from activating. With a big goofy grin he flies off to the fenced in area to watch the sheep and cows.

Kuro immediately pulls Aoba in tight and licks the wound clean, healing it just enough to keep it from bleeding any more. He can not help running his tongue over the roof of his mouth at the angel's flavor but he does his best to hide it from the young one in his arms. Looking down he smiles warmly. "Congratz, he now wants to protect you of his own volition. I'm sure he still wants to keep you as a pet one day, but for now he'll look to me as to how best to not harm you.” Stepping back he hangs his head a bit. “I am sorry for talking with him about you like that. If I did not speak clearly and at length, he would have asked too many questions and found out some things I'd rather he not know.” Glancing over he makes sure Dani is out of ear shot, hopping along the length of the fence to follow the sheep around the pasture, before dropping his voice low. “I can't really having him know I got captured yet. It would be really bad.”

His hand comes up and he gently strokes over the fresh bite mark on the angel's ear. “I Will say I'm sorry that this hurt, but I won't apologize for letting him do it.” His hand pulls back and he points at it with a smile. “That's the equivalent of a promise wrapped in a contract topped with an oath.” His eyes fall once more. “I made such a pact with you as well, however mine was made with the spilling of my own blood, heh.” He smiles softly, scuffing his foot in the dirt as he waits for the angel to process it all. It was a lot to take in, so he supposes, and he wonders just how his Little Mouse will respond.