"Then fuck him." Murphy says with particular coldness. But he adds, "Look I know that old addage that blood is thicker than water? And I absolutely loved my mother and I loved my little girl." There is a definite glimmer of heart in there. "But your brother deserved to drown."

He hasn't had any family betray him, but dammit he'd known he owed his blood something to protect it. Of all his sins, being a bad father or bad family was not one of them.

Otoha's brother sounds like he was a dipshit and the better one stayed in the gene pool. He almost said that blood isn't a contract that comes with immunity except... well... Murphy's blood is.