"Convenient enough to convey ten years, plus his time here. Quite a mess, it seems..." He leaned back once more, crossing his legs, one hand gesturing lazily in the air. "A year later and it has awaited my arrival to be cleaned up properly. His ambition was in the proper place, but his mode of operation..."

A brief flash, Xigbar's memories of betrayal, of failure and lost opportunity.

"A year later and I must clean up after him before being able to proceed as we should have all along. I know you bore him no love... even if you had any to give in the first place." A brief chuckle, fingers flexing playfully. "I make no intention of ignoring the seeds of my heart so carefully sown. The time for theory and supposition has passed."

The smaller NV made a whirring sound, adjusting the aperture of its own lens in response before emitting a subaural chirp of inquiry.