Kyuden Shika

"Nah, I'm good. Immortality is a fate worse than death, after all."

"Really? have you asked a lot of immortals how they feel about it?" he smiled showing he was joking and not being snarky. "If it meant an eternity with Bai-chan I would consider it but that is likely my youth talking."

"Yes, well, I suppose the trick there is to try and make it into Yomi..."

Soyokaze let out a deep laugh "Can you imagine US as blessed ancestors?"

Raizo was deadpan.

"Not for a single fucking second."

Raizo's tone stopped Soyokaze in his tracks. "I did not mean to disparage those who came before or the Celestial Heavens Raizo-san."

"We really need to work on how easily you get flustered, Soyokaze-san. It's a bit too easy..."

Soyokaze exhaled and laughed softly at himself "That may be true, that was a good one."

"Always remember, you let someone know they can fluster you, they're going to go on flustering you."

He bowed formally. "My sensei's first lesson." He smiled. "When do I get to the part where I can cut down a whole bamboo forest with one swing?"