"Eto." He clears his throat and then sips tea –– oops, that was the spicy broth. Yuzu starts to get red cheeks. Too much spice, perhaps. He coughs again.Usogawa Narumi wrote: ↑Wed Sep 08, 2021 9:14 pmManicured eyebrows raise at the query. "Ehime Toshi, the.. closest thing Otter have to a centralized holding, a cluster of permanently-anchored riverboats and barges floating at the center of the Lake of Cherry Blossom Snow."
She lifts her cup of tea. "But the daughter of our daimyo is here as a candidate, shouldn't Seppun-sama talk to her about such matters instead of a simple nakodo?"
"No nakodo is ever simple. In fact, the nakodo are the force behind what moves this Empire, say the Shika. We're here Kyuden Shika, so... In any case, I have talked with Usogawa-hime about that, and after the bout. Well, I kind of threw her really way off the ring with my last move. I confess I am unsure if I would bother her with my presence."
