Audience- Yoji Uruha

[holyspirits]

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[kumeyuri]

... Considering all the property damage in the first days...

[batterypack]

The fact that you all continued even after we arrived is really what's impressive. [ not in a good way. ]

[kumeyuri]

Hey, I wasn't involved in any of that.

[batterypack]

Wow. So quick to throw everyone under the bus. I see how it is.

[ also i'm making you memshare first as they approach the house without noticing. ]

[kumeyuri]

[wow!!

but okay here.]

[batterypack]

[ okay well. this does make her pause and slide her gaze over to him. ]

... you said before there's only a certain amount of those blades, didn't you? It makes sense why people would fight to keep you alive.

[kumeyuri]

[...]

Yeah. Six—seven including one forged after the war.

[batterypack]

... what... was all of that, at the end? [ she's seen some batshit stuff in the last year, but she still has trouble fully grasping the things from other people's worlds and more than anything she wants to understand them rather than assume. ]

[kumeyuri]

... That was Tobimune. Samura-san's Enchanted Blade.

[batterypack]

It's a crow? [ yes she is focused on birds, sorry. ] How does that one work?

[kumeyuri]

Birds in general. Crow was just one of its abilities as you saw—allowing Samura-san to swiftly slice apart his enemies.

[batterypack]

Birds are pretty dangerous if you're not careful. [ but also. damn. ] You've told me about the blades but... there's something different about seeing them in action.

[ ... ]

But it sounds complicated nevertheless. To have one, to deal with other people who have one, and to navigate your interactions with the rest of the world who know how important the blades are.

[kumeyuri]

I won't deny that being the bearer of an Enchanted Blade has completely defined my life. [for better or for worse.] But I'll never regret accepting Kumeyuri from Rokuhira-san.

[batterypack]

Because it's important to you. And what Rokuhira stood for is something you firmly believe in, right? You don't seem like someone who accepts great responsibility without knowing how it'll change you and accepting it.

[kumeyuri]

[well we just got lore yesterday that when uruha accepted this blade he also accepted having his life literally tied to another guy's and that he'll just FCKIN DIE if the other dude does so yeah there was a lot of faith going on here]

Responsibility isn't something you half-ass.

[batterypack]

You'd be surprised how many people might not actually agree with that. [ not her, but in general. ] Or they don't know exactly how much responsibility they're agreeing to.

[kumeyuri]

Maybe. Once you make your choices, though, all you can do is adapt.

[batterypack]

But what happens if adapting takes you too far from where you wanted to be?

[kumeyuri]

... You can't control everything in life—that's something you have to learn to accept. You just have to stand by the decisions you made.

[batterypack]

Even if they're not exactly decisions you had much of a choice in?

[kumeyuri]

Like I said, you can't control everything. You just have to try and react to things in the way that you'll regret the least later on.

[batterypack]

... how many regrets do you have in your life, Uhura?

[kumeyuri]

[a hum.]

I have some here and there, like everyone else. I don't think it's really possible to regret absolutely nothing.

But I do stand by most of the choices I've made, even if I'm not necessarily proud of them all.

[batterypack]

I think to regret nothing would mean you don't feel anything at all, and that's an even bigger problem. [ says the girl who does feel a lot even if she does not always say so. ] Not that I want to say it's a good thing, but... I think that's a good thing.

[kumeyuri]

Mm. Yeah, I get what you mean. The same way that I'd tell some of the kids here that it's better if they don't get used to the deaths, even if it would make it easier to handle.