"Wow, that's a lot of brothers," Battler laughed. "I bet you used to kick their buts all the time."<br/><br/>"Wouldn't you bet the other way?" Ebisu asked.<br/><br/>Battler laughed. "You don't have many sisters or girl cousins, huh?"<br/><br/>Ebisu shook his head. "I'm an only child. I had a cousin once, but she got eaten by a sabre wolf."<br/><br/>Battler had an uncomfortable, slightly disturbed look on his face. "That's uh.. sorry about that. Anyway, most girls only act all sweet and innocent in public. But if you're family and no one's looking in you cant' do anything stupid because they<span style="font-style: italic">will</span>beat you up. So, Heather, did you first learn to use weapons from your parents then?"<br/><br/>------------<br/><br/>Ijemaru had woken up to the sound of his other three teammates talking. He'd gotten out of bed and pulled open his door (as of yet unnoticed) and was going to tell them to quiet down when he heard the conversation. He came out right about when Heather was telling Battler not to curse her, and leaned against the door frame quietly to listen to the conversation.<br/><br/>Unfortunately, Ebisu looked up and saw him. "How long have you been there, mister Elite demon hunter?" the Graecian asked playfully.<br/><br/>The boy turned his head away, disappointed he'd been caught. "Long enough."<br/><br/>"Alright, well what's your story? You heard ours so it's only fair that you share too. Besides, I want to know where you got that charming personality of yours."<br/><br/>As crazy as it was, listening to these other stories, he was actually considering it--even though he'd never told anyone about his past since he came to Euphoria. But... not<span style="font-style: italic">just</span>yet. "Heather's not done yet," he said, blushing just slightly at the thought of sharing his past. "I'll go after her."<br/><br/>Ebisu's eyebrows went up. Was he looking at cracks in the elite's ice cold demeanor?