Nel's smile was crooked and humourless in response. She could almost guess at what Szayel had told Even about that one. It had probably consisted of Orochimaru being a scientist, and Kadaj and Nnoitra teaming up to take him out, but she'd put all of her money on Szayel not having told Even why.
"Well, truthfully, he's short on material, so there are only so many options to try and frighten you with." She looked away from her tea and met Even's eyes, "Even," she said, softly, "Orochimaru was a child molester, and Nnoitra was one of his victims. Kadaj too," she added, considering that Szayel probably wouldn't have left his involvement out because it'd make Szayel look like a liar if Even quickly found out Kadaj was the one people focused on where that whole business was concerned. "Not that they like to talk about it," she said, frowning and dipping her head in silent indication that Even should probably refrain from bringing it up, too, "but together they made sure he never had another."
Whether that had been the plan, or it had been opportunistic Nel didn't know, and didn't really consider it important. What they'd done hadn't been wrong, as far as she was concerned, even if it had been against the rules.
"So while it might have been a shock that they killed him, it didn't exactly come out of nowhere. None of the violence that has happened here has been unprovoked," she said, and it wasn't intended as reassurance, exactly, just reassurance that Szayel had just been trying to scare him.
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Date: 2015-07-25 03:23 pm (UTC)"Well, truthfully, he's short on material, so there are only so many options to try and frighten you with." She looked away from her tea and met Even's eyes, "Even," she said, softly, "Orochimaru was a child molester, and Nnoitra was one of his victims. Kadaj too," she added, considering that Szayel probably wouldn't have left his involvement out because it'd make Szayel look like a liar if Even quickly found out Kadaj was the one people focused on where that whole business was concerned. "Not that they like to talk about it," she said, frowning and dipping her head in silent indication that Even should probably refrain from bringing it up, too, "but together they made sure he never had another."
Whether that had been the plan, or it had been opportunistic Nel didn't know, and didn't really consider it important. What they'd done hadn't been wrong, as far as she was concerned, even if it had been against the rules.
"So while it might have been a shock that they killed him, it didn't exactly come out of nowhere. None of the violence that has happened here has been unprovoked," she said, and it wasn't intended as reassurance, exactly, just reassurance that Szayel had just been trying to scare him.