"Did you hear the<i>hybridization </i>or am I just talking out of my ass?" Faelan asked, the irritation at his simple mistake growing like fire. "Old man Hollander worked specifically to weaponize demons, like these runes on my arm, and I imagine the arm Vince has. What kind of monster would experiment on their own family?" Although if Vince was anything to go by, Vermilion wasn't going to be the best kind of dad to have. "I've only ever seen him a handful of times, and more often than not, it was right before something that caught my attention more than he did. And he's albino, which means he looks hardly anything like Vince other than their shape."<br/><br/>Even as he spit out whatever he thought would qualify as an excuse, it made everything seem to fall into place as he realized why Vince set him on edge so badly. He seemed like he was a good fit for the Foundation because Faelan would be willing to put money on the fact that he was a Foundation member turned experiment. And he knew all too well how eager the Foundation was for new recruits to use as guinea pigs. Even Shula was a result of their needless obsession with using demons to make humans better hunters. He had to wondered if anyone else had been put through the same situation as him, where they were bonded to such a high ranking demon.<br/><br/>Something that nagged at him in the back of his mind, devoid of the current situations presence was how she thought he'd been forced to bond to her. Part of him wondered if he should tell her the truth, before he realized that if she figured it out on her own, it'd only be worse for him. "And not that I want you to hate me or anything, but he didn't force<i>us </i>into it. I willingly signed up to be bonded." The awkwardness of the confession did do it's part in helping minutely reduce how mad he was, but only because he was somewhat embarrassed and shameful that he'd forced her into the bonding."