"We want to see Vegeta too of course, but he's going to be okay if he waits a few minutes. We're more concerned about you." Aito could see clear as day how disturbed Viral was right now. He knew the Beastman inside and out, and to him it didn't need to be said that something was greatly bothering the man. Taking a stab in the dark he brought up their deaths, seeming to hit the nail right on the head. It had been such a long time since it had all happened, and yet Viral was still clearly beating himself up over it. Perhaps it was high time they lay down the facts and tell him what had really gone on. Maybe they could absolve him of guilt and he could be happy again.

"You're wrong Viral," Aito continued, shaking his head and lifting a hand to rub at his head. "You didn't kill us, at least not intentionally. Let me explain and maybe you'll understand." Looking over at June for a second he reached over, taking her hand in his before looking back at the Beastman. "When creating you we had run into a lot of roadblocks. Some DNA wouldn't fit with others and we couldn't get your genome to work properly. We actually had quite a few unsuccessful attempts at creating a Beastman before you, many that didn't even get past the zygotic stage. It was obvious that while we had the basic blueprints we were missing key components, we needed help. After some searching we found that help from another scientist. Former Red Ribbon Army bio-engineer Doctor Vendel Hirsch. He had done extensive research in artificial life before and had some of the missing parts that we needed. It wasn't the whole picture, but between myself, Doctor Hirsch and Doctor Ikura we managed to put the puzzle together. With three scientists working for day on end for nearly two years we finally managed to get a successful cell culture, which eventually would turn into an embryo, and later a fetus. Before we know it that fetus was maturing at an unbelievable rate and would turn into the world's first successful Beastman, you."

"Things were amazing, the first few weeks that you were 'born'. We had given you knowledge through neural tubes, almost like putting information into a computer. We gave you everything you would need to successfully protect Earth, what would become your home. Martial arts skills, survival skills, general academics, medical knowledge. Much of what you know is from that, though you're also blessed with an incredible ability to learn. You quickly began to pick up on nuances of human life, and went from being shy and detached to one of the family. You were as much a part of our lives as a child was, and we even treated you as such, even if you were near our age physically. It shouldn't be much surprise then that when Vegeta was born you were hand picked by us to watch him when we were busy, and we couldn't have been happier with our choice. The two of you together were ideal, you got along incredibly well and were almost inseparable. We knew we'd made the right choice, no doubt about it. Vegeta would have a playmate, then one day a teacher and later on an ally when it came to fighting, everything we could possibly hope for had come true."

Aito smiled sadly, taking a pause in his monologue to look back to June. They shared a silent, knowing gaze for a moment before he looked at Viral again, his smile wavering. "Unfortunately, not everyone had the same agenda. While it had been made clear what the intent of the project was initially it seems as though Doctor Hirsch had ulterior motives. With the resurgence of the Red Ribbon Army his old loyalties called to him and he went back to his old ways of things, hell bent on dominating the world under his and his comrades rule. He knew full well that with your creation it'd be nigh impossible for them to achieve anything, you would be too powerful. So they had to do the only thing they could think of to ensure their success. At some point he made a fail safe in your DNA, an anomaly that we hadn't seen. That anomaly was your transformation, or rather... A trigger for it. Under certain duress you change, as you've probably noticed. But you maintain control over yourself usually, that's the fail safe that I put in. Hirsch found a means to increase your aggression by dulling the nerves in the amygdala... Erm... The part of your brain that controls impulse. Since you have ingrained animal behaviors in you it was that part of your brain that keeps the violence in check. With his chemicals he could trigger this on cue and force a transformation with unbridled rage and blood lust. If he could get myself and Doctor Ikura out of the way he could have you as a weapon, and he had the means to do it. So... He did."

Aito saw no need to go on with that little bit. Everyone present probably knew the rest, and he certainly didn't want to revisit the matter. He wasn't going to make Viral go through it again, clearly the Beastman was feeling at fault for what had been done. Well, now was the time to clear the air and let his conscience be at ease at last. 

"My point is this; It was not your fault. You quite literally had no control over your actions that day. In fact, I vividly remember you resisting as best you could, you knew full well what would happen if things were taken from your control. If anyone is to blame for what became of us it's Doctor Hirsch, not yourself. You were a tool for him, a means for him to get what he wanted. None of what went on was your fault."

"And that's why we forgive you, wholeheartedly. And it's why we don't think you failed us." June began, smiling gently at Viral. "You had done everything we had hoped for, better than we could have hoped for. The fact that you became a victim of a madman's plot doesn't change that. In fact, I shouldn't even say that we forgive you, because we never blamed you in the first place for any of it. We just haven't been able to tell you that until now." Hopefully some of what was being said would help, the Beastman so desperately needed to have his mind put at ease. She could see it in his features, in the very way he held himself, he was at the lowest point of his life. "Please, hear us out Viral. We want to help you because we consider you our family too. We consider you to be a child as every bit as we do Vegeta, don't you see that? To us you're another son, and we could never hate you, or shun you. We just want you to be happy, that's all we've wanted," June added, smiling tearfully as she rubbed at her eyes with the back of her hand. "I know that after hearing this Vegeta won't stay angry, and we only hope the two of you can be close again, like you used to be."