Aya didn't let go, because letting go meant backing down he was absolutely positive. Hell, he'd already skipped over the possibility of Ken being 'that bastard' who decided he was worth being near her. Ken was just already there in his grasp to have it projected on. But then...
"Good." Then he'd made that decision and he would have kept her away from him and in that respect, safe. Aya came back out of the rapid race of his thoughts to respond to that and was working backwards in all that Ken had said. It was better for her, easier to believe that her brother had gone on with their parents instead of becoming a paid killer who stole her name. That wasn't her burden to carry and he didn't want it weighing on her at all. She was to-
Wait.
Aya's eyes widened. Yeah, that'd be Aya's version of the mental wheels grinding to a full and complete stop. "You don't-?" There'd been that woman though, right? The one caught up with that toxic sports drink.
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"Good." Then he'd made that decision and he would have kept her away from him and in that respect, safe. Aya came back out of the rapid race of his thoughts to respond to that and was working backwards in all that Ken had said. It was better for her, easier to believe that her brother had gone on with their parents instead of becoming a paid killer who stole her name. That wasn't her burden to carry and he didn't want it weighing on her at all. She was to-
Wait.
Aya's eyes widened. Yeah, that'd be Aya's version of the mental wheels grinding to a full and complete stop. "You don't-?" There'd been that woman though, right? The one caught up with that toxic sports drink.