I'm always right.

[Which is why he does think that secrecy was the better option... but then again, Tenka's priorities have always been different from Sousei's. Tenka only wanted his brothers to live their days in laughter and warmth, as opposed to his own troubled childhood, thinking that he might have to kill his own friends one day.

So for a moment, he pauses, tempted to leave the conversation as it is and roll over and go back to sleep.

.... but this is honestly something important if Sousei's bringing it up so he's just sighing softly then.]

But.... I just couldn't bear the idea of having to kill one of you guys. Dad would take it on so easily and I thought that maybe I was disappointing him by not having the same will. [ . . . . he sighs and despite himself, his hand reaches over the blankets and is held in front of his face. The bracelet that's meant to be an instrument to contain the Orochi is still on his wrist.]

I just didn't want to think that there was only one way to end the story of the Yamainu: Unsung Heroes of Japan... you know?