Inoshishi nods at the correction, as she continues her tirade.Matsu Ishioka wrote: ↑Wed Sep 01, 2021 3:16 pm
"I meant her spirit, Ino-chan. I am not quite so simple as you think I am," he says with a wry smile before she continues.
She pinches her nose in exasperation.Matsu Ishioka wrote: ↑Wed Sep 01, 2021 3:16 pmThis perhaps confirms a worry I had. That the problem is me." The voice is the quiet, distant, logical Stone Matsu that so often gets overruled when Inoshishi is around.
“Thousand fortunes, give me strength. Why in the blessed heavens would your Water be the problem? Did I not just say it combines with my Fire just fine? Nor is it Narumi-san’s fault. It’s no one’s fault, except whoever hurt her and the murderer of your sister.”
She massages her temple.
“Everyone has their share of problems, beloved. For some, they are pebbles to a stream, skipping across the surface or sinking, never to be remembered. We are that way, I believe. Although I suppose I’ll know more after I finish.
Others…others have boulders that pound from the sky, altering the course and flow so that by the end, neither stream nor stone knows where it began.”
For a moment she looks weary, then her eyes meet the Matsu’s and she smiles warmly.
“Perhaps I should have run and made you chase me. Enough distraction and I wouldn’t be here mediating between my husband and his lover. But, I wouldn’t trade this or you for all the stories in the world.”