"And I was abandoned at a temple as an infant," Koumyou chimes in, to commiserate. Just a bunch of people with unknown blood relatives in here. Probably not that uncommon on the train, though.

He shoots Devero a sideways glance at the bit about the quality of his parenting, and demurs, "Well, I don't know about that. But that's why there's so many options for this choice."

The priest wouldn't have found it strange if dealing with him would just be too strange, after all that. He's never had a high opinion of his value outside of murder. Koumyou's very good at murder.