Viran simply stared out at the water. He could feel Mina's presence behind him and she knew that he was waiting for him to speak.

"I can't allow myself to grow close to her." He finally said as he turned and look at Mina. "I've already lost people I've cared about. I don't want to feel the way I did when we lost Mason and other people who I allowed myself to get close to."

He shook his head as he remembered the worst thing he had ever done. Or rather, the worst thing that Genocide had ever done when they had still shared the same body. "I did something horrible, Mina. I did something that will never be forgiven. It was Genocide's action but it was my hands that did the deed.

He took a deep breath and let it out in a shuddering breath. "Back when the Titans first formed...there was another woman in the group besides you and Dawnfire. I can't even speak her name without feeling as though I deserve death for my actions." He said quietly. "She was the first person to care about me, to see me as more than an Alien and more than a hero. She saw me as a person despite the fact that I had a homicidal side to my psych at the time."

He drew in another shuddering breath.

"We were walking one night. Enjoying the peace and quiet when Genocide managed to sense weakness. He...He took control of my body for what felt like hours but in reality was only minutes. He grabbed her by the throat and began to crush her neck. I remember screaming...I...just screamed from the inside of my head as he dropped her, allowed her to catch her breath and then began to crush her throat again."

"Until finally...she died. She died with a look of despair and betrayal on her face as my hands crushed the bones in her neck one by one. I remember her blood covering my hands. I remember Genocide laughing in my head when I managed to take back control."

"I remember screaming. For what felt like hours."

He looked up at her again. "I know a small part of him is somehow still in my head. I thought it was all ripped from my head when Death ripped him from my body but something is still there. A little voice that always seems to be whispering to me, reminding me of what I have done and what I could do in the future."

"My mother... If Death or War find out who she is...they will kill her to get to me. They'll kill you to get to me. To lose you Mina...I honestly think I would die." He said quietly.