"Got get the wrong idea, I haven't lost a wink of sleep over stealing from those guys. They were assholes, they deserved it, but these people don't. Especially considering their city just got attacked, you know? Us stealing from them now would be like kicking them while they're down." Plus they knew what they liked, it was just a matter of finding it out here in the woods. Getting caught stealing from people who were their friends and allies would be bad enough, but they'd look like total idiots if they didn't even eat what they took. Nor would they have to, it seemed like they had finally managed to find themselves a tree bearing fruit. They were pretty big, about the size of a head, and from what Takeshi could remember they had been tasty. Showing Shu the tree in no short order he fetched his brother a fruit, handing it over promptly and breaking into a grin as the little guy began to devour it. While he wasn't exactly holding out for fruit he was hungry, and the older boy figured to hell with it, he'd give them a try as well. Snagging himself a fruit he turned it over in his hands a few times, looking for the best way to eat it before simply biting into one of the puffy pieces, blinking as juice gushed out and dribbled down his chin. Swallowing the fruit he coughed a bit, wiping his mouth with the back of his hand and looking at the food. "Wow, that's really sweet! Bet it'd go good with some fish..." Takeshi mused, smiling as he offered it to Kiton, "Come on, give it a try, it won't kill ya."

"It would seem that way, wouldn't it? It wasn't the ideal partnership, but I figured that those RRA fools would recognize the larger threat and not try anything..." Aito mused aloud, frowning as he rubbed at his forehead, "Those idiots caused more trouble than they can imagine, and from what I understand they were still trying to weaponize you. When we get back to Earth..." He was going to kill them, or at the very least kill Volkov. He was not a vindictive person normally, but for all the pain he had caused the doctor's family, never mind himself, the traitor had to pay. To think they had been trying to ruin Viral from day one, it was infuriating really. Closing his eyes and inhaling deeply to settle himself, Aito ran a hand through his hair before forcing another smile, turning back from the windows to face Viral. "So denounce one son simply for the sake of another? A parent can't do that, at least not any half-decent, self-respecting parent. It cost us our lives, sure, but I would have sooner died than toss either of you aside anyways. My only regret in the entire business is that I hadn't seen his betrayal sooner, I might have spared you becoming their pawn. But that's in the past, what's done is done! Let's try focusing on forging a brighter future, one where you have us in your corner, hm?"

The second that T'charrl had agreed to their being friends Haku broke out into a smile, more ecstatic than one could imagine. He'd never truly had a friend before, and his desperation to console the alien just now was a reflection of his want for one. Sure it wasn't his own kind, but then who cared? A friend was a friend, didn't matter what they looked like to him. He didn't much know how one went about even being friends, but he figured he ought to try being nice and supportive, he saw the others doing that a fair bit. "If you think it's energy that you're absorbing then why not get rid of it? You know, fire a blast or something, do something to spend the energy so it doesn't all build up and make you change." It seemed like an easy way to fix the problem, and because of that Haku felt silly for suggesting it; if T'charrl had tried fixing this then surely he'd done such a thing already! Smiling sadly as his friend became visibly uneasy, the young Saiyan walked over and gave him a pat on the back, just above the wings as not to hurt him. Would it hurt if someone slapped him in the wings? They seemed soft, best not to try. "Hey... I think you're fine right now, okay? I uh... I don't know what the spirit really looks like, but don't worry so much! Maybe you just need to figure out how to keep from getting too much power at once is all. You can block it out, can't you?"