(D10 LA, Baths, Expecting) Clean Kitty

[Kitsu Murato]

"The taller the mountain the greater the view. But if you are always climbing a mountain with an unreachable peak the view is always getting better," he offers.

[Bayushi Luixian]

"No. All you see when climbing a mountain is mountain. Can't see much of anything until you reach the peak."

[Kitsu Murato]

"Maybe I'm just a glutton for punishment too," he says with a smirk. "Can't help but want to find the peak of Kurokazan maybe."

[Bayushi Luixian]

She grunted. "If you want to try then go ahead. What you do with your life is honestly whatever. I'll just make snide comments from the side every now and then."

[Kitsu Murato]

"Avid fan of sadane then? Wouldn't have guessed it."

[Bayushi Luixian]

"When it becomes an insult fest is when I drop out. Never cared for the prim and proper rules of the game. Better to just insult someone and carry on."

[Kitsu Murato]

"Right? People end up escalating, playing who's got the thicker skin rather than who's got the better wit. Sucks all the fun out of the game."

[Bayushi Luixian]

"Suppose that's one way to view it. I just find when you try to put rules on it that makes it not as fun as when it's unregulated."

[Kitsu Murato]

"If there weren't rules then it wouldn't be courtly..." he says, pausing. "We should probably do away with the rules."

[Bayushi Luixian]

"See now you're thinking. Who needs courtly when you can watch two courtiers ripping each other's hair out because someone wore the kimono of their grandmother?"