"Since I was a kid," Ryo replied, narrowing his brows as he concentrated. "What about you? Hunt often?"<br/>The tracks eventually led to a rabbit hole, that was hidden beneath the overgrowth of grass from the ledge above. The demon smiled smugly at how perfect the set up was, searching for any possible exit their prey might escape through. Unable to find any, he proceeded with his plan.<br/>"Watch out for any stragglers," Ryo ordered, keeping his eyes on the hole in front of him. A couple of vectors, as many that could squeeze into the rabbit hole without restricting movement, crept in and grabbed the young rabbit inhabitants, snapping their necks immediately. Three little corpses were pulled from the overgrowth; proudly, Ryo grabbed his prizes by the feet and raised them up. "This might do us, don't you think?"<br/><br/>Astonishingly, for the first time, Dark had nothing to say. He wanted to find the right words that might comfort Lilu, even though his past had already left its scars, Dark could at least relate to that.<br/>"Thank you for your trust," she said softly, caressing Lilu's cheek with calloused fingers and trying to smile. "I'm sorry that your owners were so cruel to you, I should count myself lucky that I never became my captor's trophy." The faces of the other children flashed in Dark's mind but she pushed them away, a part of her felt guilty for abandoning them -Dark felt responsible for them as their last living monarch- but she was a child and couldn't save them even if she had tried.<br/>Dark's fingers traced along the jawline towards the back of Lilu's neck and pulled herself towards him. Wrapping her arms around the incubus; Dark hugged him tightly and sighed. More than anyone, Dark needed the hug, she buried her pain the same way she buried her face into his shoulder, not too deep but below the surface enough to get on with the day. The hug was long and silent. Eventually Dark withdrew, smiling gently as their eyes met, her hands slipping into Lilu's.<br/>"And... I'm sorry for the way I've been acting," she said, biting her lip with guilt. "I've always been kind of 'shy'."