Kyuden Shika

"Soon as you can explain why that would be a good idea..."

He was plainly amused.

"For the same reason the Kakita tested my final blade by slicing it into a giant boulder, because it looks really cool... and it's a test of strength."

"Yeah, but a bamboo forest has a lot of uses, and if you cut the whole thing down at once, who's going to process it all?"

"The Lion, it will keep them busy for a while, like giving a child a stick so they stop reaching for the knives."

"You'd have them do the menial labor of processing an entire bamboo forest? That's a... bold choice, let's see how that'd work out for you..."

"Likely it would end in a bamboo pole being shoved right up my..." He sipped his tea rather than finish. "But it would keep them busy for a while."

"Maybe ten seconds..."

"Oh come on, I wouldn't just stand there and take it, at least give me 20."

"Ten's accounting for the time it would take for them to come up with the scheme..."

"Okay now you're just being rude, that or way overestimating the intelligence of the Matsu."