forum "Never thought it'd be you behind the mask" O/O

Started September 25, 2021 by @ShadeStar

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"Gotcha," Phoenix nodded.

He rubbed his face with a hand, closing his eyes.

Phoenix let herself sit in silence for a moment waiting for Shroud to say something.

"Umbra was a good guy." he finally said, quietly.

"What?" Phoenix perked up when he said that. She tried to rack her mind for who that was and she couldn't recall. There were a lot of villains, and Umbra wasn't one of hers.

He shook his head faintly.

"I'm sorry, I just didn't recognize the name," Phoenix corrected after getting the negative response, "What happened to him?"

"One of your lot fucking tortured him and dumped his body in an alleyway, that's what." he snapped.

"They-" Phoenix looked at him in shock. There was no way to fake the reaction she had at that moment. Her face paled remembering the guy she had healed not that long ago. She had… Oh God, "Oh."

He gave a tight nod, not looking at her and instead keeping his gaze fixed down on the alleyway. "Yeah."

"I'm, I'm sorry," Phoenix whispered quietly trying to console him.

He shrugged his shoulders, still not looking at her.

Phoenix bit her lip before letting out a sigh and going to stand up. She couldn't do much here.

He closed his eyes.

Phoenix glanced back at Shroud one final time before leaving him to his thoughts.

Shroud was silent, letting her go.