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Noruas.
It had taken Watts almost two days to finally finish giving Hazel a crash course on baby care. He still didn't have the experience or confidence but he had the knowledge. This was good as Watts was reaching his limit on being around children.
now with his niece resting in peace in a crib that Watts seemed to have Hazel asked a question that he had been wondering for some time. "Why do you know so much about children?" the question posed by Hazel came from nowhere and whether he meant it or not he had just landed on a very sensitive subject. " you don't seem to have any. So I was wondering"
The boy was very astute. He must have noticed that there were no photos of any children in the entire hotel room. And that left the question of how he came by all the knowledge of child rearing that he possessed. Taking a deep breath and then taking another shot from his flask Watts answered the teen.
"I was almost a father once, but I made the mistake of loving the wrong woman at the wrong time. And now I have been forced from my home and my child will never know it's true father." after he finished speaking Watts felt the silent hot tears start rolling down his face. "I loved her and now I am never to see her again. Not for my own safety but for hers. If Jaques ever thought her guilty of any disloyalty he would kill her in the blink of an eye."
Hazel knew that he may not have meant to but he had just struck a nerve. "I am sorry." he said taking his time and selecting his words very carefully. "I did not mean to dredge up such painful memories." seeing that the man was still seemed to be drowning in pain Hazel approached him cautiously. "Do you want revenge?" Hazel said. He was planning to learn how to take care of Penelope and then make his way to the Grimm lands that Edward Kovacs told him of. Hazel wanted two things in this world. He wanted to kill Ozpin and he wanted to take care of Penelope. He would do everything that he could to satisfy both desires. And this Salem figure appeared to be the way he could do that.
Looking back to Watts Hazel saw the man stop sobbing and look up to meet the serious gaze of Hazel. His eyes were red from the tears but also held a fire that Hazel could only fully describe as vengeful. "How?" he asked.
"I have much to tell you of and I shall start with Ozpin"
And so began the partnership that leads Hazel and Watts to work with Salem. In the following years, Hazel would train Penelope to one day succeed him in the field of operations that he performed. It is however imperative to understand this neither Watts or Hazel is truly loyal to Salem. And though to them she is merely a means to an end they worked hard to conceal the fact that they knew each other. They even went so far as to display false animosity for one another. So they wait and do as the monster says. After all, the devil isn't the only one to manipulate the terms of a deal.