Takeshi had to bite back a groan at Shu's words, finding it unbelievable the little guy actually thought of trees as friends. Laying his face in one of his hands he looked up when his brother began bouncing around, smiling slightly before reaching out and poking his forehead. "Yeah, we can tell it makes you happy buddy. We'll play with tons of tree friends on Uuonoe, okay? Just gotta get there first," he said, rolling his eyes before glancing at the others curiously. Neither the twins nor Kabocha felt like joining them, but it did seem like T'charrl and Haku were up for it. Good, maybe they could find something all four of them could play together. With the Kaesstrian being back to his more normal size that hopefully meant some games were open to them, as it was a little tough doing some things with a giant player. Shrugging off the others in the mess hall Takeshi shot his brother a smile, nodding his head to the door before making his way for it. 

"Royalty is a lot of fluff and not much else. I have no desire to lead that many people, or take that kind of responsibility. As it stands I'm not overly thrilled being the de-facto "captain" of this ship," Vegeta explained, giving a shrug before letting out a sigh, "Famous or infamous? It depends on what circle you're in, and I'm sure quite a lot of people aren't fond of my grandfather or whoever came before him." After all, the original Vegeta had hardly been the kindest of people, even in his more mellow years. Prior to meeting Goku, as he understood, he was actually quite the bastard too, which meant there were loads of people both on Earth and abroad that likely detested the man. When you looked at it that way it was a little difficult to take pride in one's name, especially when it was synonymous with terror or cruelty.

"That attitude right there is precisely why you're seen the way you are now," Vegeta pointed out, "You can't threaten people to make them change their minds, it's foolish. Take what is said in stride, use it as ammunition to work to be better and prove those people wrong. Unless you always want to be viewed in the same light as your predecessors you need to step away from that line of thinking." Threatening people to quit criticizing him was just childish, it was something he expected out of Takeshi if anyone. Speak of the devil and he shall appear, there was the very same boy now coming out of the mess hall just up ahead. It looked like some others were going with him as well, goodness knows what they were up to. "It is their decision ultimately, you're right, but make an effort to encourage them. You won't get anywhere in life if you sit by idly and hope things fall in place for you, you've got to take action sometimes. Now then... How about we find some food, hm?"

You didn't have to be empathetic like Yumi to feel the fury from Viral, it was almost palpable. So he was quick to anger, Aito surmised, something a little different from before. That was not to say that the Beastman never got angry before, but this was an unusually quick rise to it. Hm, what could be causing that then, he wondered? It could be just Viral feeling threatened, and being more animal-like now it was natural that a threatened creature would become angry and defensive. There may be another explanation too, one more in line with what Vegeta's research suggested; being treated so poorly and having his genes thrown out of sync could be causing the shark genes to behave erratically, and in turn produce an unusually high level of testosterone. Should that be the case it would explain both the aggression and the anger, and why a good portion of shark physiology was showing itself now. That would have to be the starting point of the actual treatment then, as having Viral randomly go into a rage was obviously a bad thing. 

Why was Viral so on edge with him? Aito couldn't make sense of it, he'd never shown any aggression towards the Beastman, not in the past or present, and he'd not really said anything to warrant it. Could it be the shark genes again? He knew that it could cause a rise in confrontational behavior, but in a way it seemed more like the Beastman was trying to [i]avoid[/i] conflict. Continuing to question Viral further he would get his answer, a little surprising but not wholly unexpected. So that was it then, he worried that he may try to kill his creator again? Given the circumstances Aito couldn't fully debunk that fear, but it was unfounded. This wouldn't be like before, when he and June were totally unaware and unprepared; kind as he was being to Viral there was no way that Aito would let history repeat itself. Deliberating on how he should quell those concerns he looked down the corridor, a smile crossing his lips when he saw Yumi walking towards them. As soon as their eyes met she must have somehow picked up on his intentions, looking fairly worried as the Saiyan began to make his move.

"Do you honestly think you could kill me, Viral? In your current state?" Aito asked, glancing over at the Beastman, "It's not like last time, I won't be caught by surprise no matter what you might do. And frankly, even if you did somehow sneak up on me you're simply not strong enough to kill me now." Vanishing from Viral's side he reappeared a few meters ahead of him, facing him with a slight smirk as he held his arms out to his sides. "I can tell that you need convincing, so come on then. Yumi's here, she'll stop you if anything bad happens, so come at me then! Let out all of your anger on me, your fears and your anxieties, let them go and attack. That's an order, show me just how strong you are!"

Yumi had paled considerably hearing Aito speak, thinking he was absolutely out of his mind. What in the world was he doing, trying to make Viral fight? It was crazy, he wasn't ready to fight right now! He had to know that so why was he pushing for it? Standing a bit behind the Saiyan she looked past him at her friend, frowning and giving a shake of her head. "Viral, don't! Whatever he's trying to prove there's got to be another way, don't do it!"