[Baltus does not move from his spot under Qrow's arm. He has that soulful dog look about him as he watches him, but being an omen, there's an uncanny intelligence behind it as always. Truthfully he's staying where he is because Qrow is looking like he might just pass out, honestly, and Baltus is directly attached to the soul of a human being who always hits the ground hard when he faints because he's too stupid to sit down. So.

Break, for his part, gentles somewhat when he sees Qrow's reaction. His goal here isn't actually to really upset him, or ruin his day. But...mmm. There's a secret here, and it already does routinely upset Qrow or ruin his day, Break thinks.

He is equally disinclined to let that keep happening.]

...I told you, once, that now and again, in my world...someone is born who can reach the Abyss all on their own, and I am one such person. I did not tell you that red eyes were the mark of such a thing.

[He'd been surprised when he'd seen Qrow's, last month, and commented on it being a "once in a generation" sort of thing. Now Qrow knows why it caught his attention. It wasn't his first time ever seeing someone else with them, given Vincent, but, well. Striking, all the same.]

To those who knew nothing of how real the Abyss was, we were known as Children of Misfortune...and the attached superstition was that we caused bad luck.