[ A moment seemed to pass after that, her eyes wide in shock for a minute as things kind of just sunk in with what he'd said. There was no way this was a lie, not with how serious and reluctant he'd been in telling her about this.

That and he'd wanted to make sure she was certain she wanted to know this. Which she did as it would explain a lot of things and... now that it had happened? Yeah. Definitely something that was indeed something else all on it's own. Not what she was expecting. ]

I'm... related to Shido. That's...

[ A deep breath and she turns her gaze downward, only to close her eyes afterward as she exhaled. ]

I never did know who my dad was... of course there... was a reason for it. It... really does make sense, though. I mean... he could have just settled with making mom have a mental shutdown but then there was the suicide note and the blame placed on me for her death, too.

[ Futaba just brings her arms up to hug herself loosely, feeling suddenly cold even if the weather wasn't necessarily so at the moment. All the pieces clicked but still seemed just... she didn't know what to make of this fact still. ]

How long have you known this...?