[ "Old Paper Snake Woman" hadn't immediately clued Shirasu into Botan's arrival, but he had glanced over at the entrance with every announcement and seeing her there did wind up souring his mood. Without that woman, his plan to revive Orochi-sama would have succeeded. Whatever the consequences of a fully-awakened Orochi might have been, failure would have not been something to wrestle with.
She had been the catalyst that ruined his hopes and he hated her for it.
So it is nearly impossible to hear the camraderie in her tone -- the way she had spoken to him before learning where his loyalty lay -- but he hears just enough of it to not openly sneer in her direction. To school his features into something neutral. The timelines are so different for all of them, but it won't be long before someone tells her what happened, if she didn't already know. ]
Ah, you're here. [ He doesn't bother looking for weapons -- she doesn't need them to be dangerous. ]
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She had been the catalyst that ruined his hopes and he hated her for it.
So it is nearly impossible to hear the camraderie in her tone -- the way she had spoken to him before learning where his loyalty lay -- but he hears just enough of it to not openly sneer in her direction. To school his features into something neutral. The timelines are so different for all of them, but it won't be long before someone tells her what happened, if she didn't already know. ]
Ah, you're here. [ He doesn't bother looking for weapons -- she doesn't need them to be dangerous. ]