(D11, LM) Does Lightning Strike Trice? (Open, and expecting)

[Seppun Yuzu]

"At Kyuden Seppun?" He tilts his head, "Iie. I am born and raised in Otosan Uchi. This is my first visit outside its walls. Most of my lived I lived at the Seppun Guest Home Dojo, within the Forbidden City proper."

[Shika Nesshin]

"That seems...circumscribed," Nesshin says. "I mean, I've spent plenty of time inside the walls here, but as much or more outside them; I can't feature growing up without seeing open country."

[Seppun Yuzu]

The boy sighs nonchalantly and mentions, "We have two walls in Otosan Uchi. So... I could say I saw outside. I mean, the Capital isn't divided with Governors for each district for nothing. It is big."

[Shika Nesshin]

"I believe you," Nesshin says. "Still, to have lived only in a city..." He shakes his head. "Where do you go to get quiet, away from people?"

[Seppun Yuzu]

"There's a lone island within the Forbidden City's garden. I often went there." He says, reminding himself of the view to the Imperial Palace.

[Shika Nesshin]

Nesshin nods and sets up the board again around sips of tea and bites of snack.

"So this is quite different," he says. "Enjoyable, I trust, although some of it must certainly pale against the Capital."

[Seppun Yuzu]

"Oh, I like it here. Like, specially, here." Yuzu looks around the geisha house. "It is like a tiny sample of what the Imperial Capital has of that which is good."

Looking at the food, the boy produces chopsticks and takes a slice of sashimi to nom at.

[Shika Nesshin]

"So this place compares with the geisha houses in the Capital?" Nesshin nods. "Good to know."

[Seppun Yuzu]

“I cannot say. I’ve never been to a geisha house before. But imagine it should be like what you have here, but we’ll, in a massive scale of everything.” He admits to Nesshin.

[Shika Nesshin]

"Before today, or before coming here?" Nesshin asks, seeking clarification. "In either event, I'm glad we gave you your first experience. I hope you'll remember it fondly, always."