Koumyou only understands... some of that, without more context about Devero's world to work from. But it's enough to get him to raise his other hand from the water and stroke it over Devero's hair, like soothing a frightened animal. Just going to do that over and over, if the bigger man doesn't jerk away from it.

"...Making you her scapegoat," he says after a moment of this, "is just another way to kick you down to make herself feel big."

He's seen this before. He's also almost murdered over it, with only a timely shout from Goudai -- then Toudai -- stopping him.