Juugo seems very uncertain about this, and glances at Shoma a few times, before mumbling, "Sorry if I've hurt you before..."

Shoma keeps his eyes ahead until he hears Juugo's mumble. He leans back against the back of the cage and looks at the other. "It's no worries. You haven't hurt me before," he tells him. He's heard about the others rage outbursts, not really blaming the male for it. 

"How'd you end up here?" he asks after a lull.

Shoma shifts so he can face the other. "I was on a mission not long after I'd graduated," he begins. "I had to go a bit further out than my team-mates to deliver a parcel and since we wanted to finish quick, we split up. I went off into the outskirts of the leaf village, but I found that there wasn't anyone living at the house at I was meant to go to. Turns out that before I got there, the people living there had disappeared," he says. "It was then that I got kidnapped. Apparently Orochimaru got wind of it. I didn't have much time to do anything or try to run away," he shrugs. "That was about a year ago I think, I can't tell time in here," he tells Juugo. "I don't know why me though. Maybe it was just whoever was there was the unlucky one," he sighs.

"He promised me he'd fix my rages if I came to him."

"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."