"You really want to get rid of those rages, don't you?" he asks, his voice soft. "I suppose we're all here until he's either fixed us or he's done what he's wanted to us," he sighs.

"Or we die."

He didn't like thinking of that option but reluctantly agreed. "or we die," he repeated. "I just hope it doesn't come to that in the end," he murmurs.

"It's better than some outcomes."

"I suppose so. It would mean no more experiments or being forced to use your powers for things you don't want to do," he agrees. 

He nods.

Shoma falls back into silence, unsure of what else he can say. "Why do you think there was a mix up?" he asks, figuring there's nothing else to do so he might as well continue the small conversation.

"High turnover? And they've been bringing in a bunch of new guards. Less good ones. Don't know why."

He nods. "They're not as experienced," he murmurs. "With the lack of training, they wouldn't be very good at guarding yet," he says to himself.

"They still have backup..."

"Still... they might be in such a state of panic they wouldn't think of backup until later," he says. "What am I saying... it'd never work," he sighs softly, leaning against the back of the cage once more. 

"Especially not with that sensor around."

He nods in agreement. "She'd be onto everyone and ringing the alarm," he sighs. "He really has thought all of this out... the damn bastard," he huffs, hitting the bottom of the cage with his fist.

"Yeah..."

"You don't regret coming here?" he asks. 

"I hurt people less here."

"Has he been able to find a way to get rid of the rages?"

"Kimimarou used to be able to control them for me, but he died."

He's heard of Kimimarou, but hadn't ever met him since he'd come in not long after he'd died. "I'm sorry," he says. "Will you stay here until the rages are taken care of?' he asks.

"Probably. I don't want to hurt people."

"I hope there's a way to help you," he says softly. He hears the guards coming back and returns to being quiet.

He nods, but goes quiet as well.

Shoma's guard unlocks his cage and pulls him out. Not a word is passed as he's taken by the arm and forced to follow the guard back to his cell. He looks back at Juugo. He isn't sure why he does so, but he gives the slightest smile to the other, having barely smiled ever since the first time he'd arrived. 

Juugo doesn't smile back, but he does incline his head seriously.

Shoma finds that that is enough for him, he turns away so that the guards don't catch the gesture. He's taken back to his cell. He watches as the guard simply walks away before he turns and faces the wall, thinking over the new information he has about the guards.