Kyuden Shika

"The thing I'm trying to do is to stop bringing down shit on people, my love. I will be an Imperial soon, and that fact has made me reflect on who I really am - and who I really should be. I know now, more than ever, that I love you and I can think of no greater joy than to be by your side until I m...

The Lion nodded. "You are almost entirely correct, Doji-sama. There is a wisdom to your words which are years ahead of what I could even comprehend. I cannot speak to the will of my Champion, but the conflict between Lion and Crane begun well before us and will likely end well after us." He paused. ...

He moved to hug her.

"I do too. At least I know you'll be in safe hands."

"Well as long as we don't tell anyone 'a potential suitor tried to fuck my wife and use this crock to seduce her', I'd class this as a symbol of friendship between myself and at least one Crane, no? Might be useful in some way."

He kissed her once more, for what was not going to be the last time.

"Trust me, I do not intend to getting myself killed. I'll be well within the protection of the Deer, within the top brass of whom I have a staunch ally. He'll be there to make sure nothing goes wrong, okay?"

...Here went nothing. "You may notice, minna-sama, that you have been given the same poem. This is not an insult, this is not an idle man's move. This is a symbol - of the one Rokugan, the one Emperor we are all in servitude of." He pondered his next words carefully. "We have recently come into conf...

"Well you know how I've been working towards stopping the Deer getting involved in the war?"

He flipped the coin around in his hand.

"I've invited two of the people involved to dinner before we set off in order to make sure nothing sneaky happens the moment my back's turned."

"Turns out it's a thought that's terrible at counting, then. Seriously, sometime after I told him you need to treat your woman like she's your whole world but there's not even a fickle spark of you on this." He then pulled the best wife in the world close, upon realizing he had completely missed the...

"Thank you, Doji-sama; let me also express my best wishes for your travels as well, and share similar compliments to our glorious hosts." He turned to his bag, pulling out two wrapped gifts. "As thanks for agreeing to meet me at this hour, I would like to offer you both gifts. During my time here, I...

The Kitsu nodded as she took the items, a greatful look in his eyes.

"I have no idea, I know I'll be following an astrologer. Maybe I'll be assigned to the capital courts?"