[ Hiroto opens his mouth to reply, but he has to wait for the stream of angry cawing to die down first, and when it does, his eyes are downcast, regretful. ]

...he doesn't think it's his fault. And... I don't think it was either, not all of it. We should've have imprisoned him for so many years. We were just hiding our problem, not fixing anything...

[ At least in Hiroto's eyes, the Kotengu's fury is justified. If he's free now, revenge would also be justified. He can see the Daitengu's fault in all of this, but the Kotengu is proud and can't yet see his own. ]