A shadow crosses Shisui's face in that moment, his expression turning into something of a grimace. "I told you. It was a human trafficking ring. They were selling people off. Men, women, children." Just the pretty ones.

He goes silent again, anger bubbling underneath until he audibly grinds his teeth in his jaw. "They were going to sell my Ami and god knows what they would have done to her!"

Whoops. He slipped there with the 'my' in front of Ami.

Except even pretending to claim her as his own didn't help. He felt like such a failure every time he looked back on things. Even now-- Even now she probably hated him.

He hunches over some more, lips pursed together as he focuses on nothing in particular.