It was a shame how he'd rejected everything they'd tried to given him. Or rather, rejected everything that Venom had tried to give him.

"We tried to give you and the rest of the kids a normal life," something that none of them had exactly had the luxury of having, "but you went ahead and decided otherwise. It's interesting how you're still fighting us, even as an adult."

He could also say destined to become your parents but that would only further enrage him. But if he didn't want the comparison maybe he should've picked a code name that wasn't "snake".