[Honestly, before they discuss any sort of future connection any further, Zero wants to clear the air about something more important.

... wants to? That might be too strong of a word. He feels like nothing can progress without this truth being spoken and, to even his own surprise, trusts Tomura to digest the information before acting in any drastic way. When it comes to the League and wider Liberation Army, he's shown himself to have a shockingly cool head at times.

So. It's time. Zero sags even more profoundly in his seat, elbows resting on his knees and head hung.]

When I said I was looking for someone from my past, that was true. And I really did think the danger I'd put myself in by saying more was - well, I guess I just told myself it mattered more than any suspicions you guys might have about me. Selfish bullshit but I specialize in that. Apparently that's what happens when you have no one else around for nine years.

[Stop. Stop the self-pity. Just say it.]

I left my family home when I was about nine or ten and haven't had any real contact with them since. But it was big news when I disappeared because my older brother had died like a year and a half before, and my father...

... my father's Todoroki Enji. Endeavor.