[As they stride away from the bewildered throng, the child playing the dutiful little brother (because heaven forefend that any onmyoji have his reputation tarnished by an urchin), he wonders if it is some misplaced altruism that drives the man, or if he just intends to take his revenge for the slight in private.]
If onii-sama is thinking of selling me, or beating me, or cooking me in soup, be forewarned...
[He turns to face him with a shrewd and chilly smile that doesn't belong on the face of any child.]
2/2 cw: allusions to child trafficking and child abuse
If onii-sama is thinking of selling me, or beating me, or cooking me in soup, be forewarned...
[He turns to face him with a shrewd and chilly smile that doesn't belong on the face of any child.]
...I know where to kick.