Espio frowned, and didn't even wait for the laughter to subside before he argued.

"Is that really true? Would you have even bothered looking at me twice if I weren't Marco's family? Dragged me out here like this?" Espio shook his head. "You know that's not the case. There could be a whole bunch of reasons why, but at the very root of any of them is your loyalty to your family. So yes. Marco. Just because you and Thatch say you don't do anything for his sake doesn't make it true."

Thatch especially. There was just something about him that continued to rub Espio the wrong way. Namur... well, Namur seemed to just get on with shit.