Uhhhh, hmm. It is hard to explain what sort of thing's weird and normal when you're not starting from the same place.

[He also wasn't the best at explaining it. There were people who studied genealogy and the physiology of the races. He just, well, lived it. He could be pretty sure when he was dealing with someone like him- even if he couldn't cite the exact difference between him and a Pythia or an Archiosaur.]

Brethren, huh? [he repeats the word, also turning his gaze to the youkai]

I feel like it'll take some time before it really sets in. Like, what makes me closer to them than any of the other factions? I'm not ungrateful or anything and it's a real swell welcome party. Just, you know.

[It would take a while to feel for what, if anything, unites them. With all the Lost Souls, they have a common goal: to fulfill the terms of their contract. In that way, he had more in common with some person shuffled into Shuten than with the native youkai of his own clan. It was something to think on, while his stomach was full.]