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I suppose a little...

Ha ha ha, thank you for being willing to entertain this old man’s delight.

[and he’ll just move to remove his hood then, smiling]

But I do rather like to face you directly.

Though I do possess a question… might I be able to inquire about completing your room service once more this week?

[a headtilt]

Depends on what you're asking for. You can't ask for Sacrifice a second time.

Ha ha ha, I wonder what I would do to sacrifice myself twice?

[don’t answer that]

But no, I possess an interest in Research and Preparation, after this past trial involving the framing of Shinobu Kocho.

[ :/ ]

All right. [...] Your task is to talk to three people about who your hostage is and what they mean to you. These people can't be from the village, and they may not know that it's for a task.

And I cannot share with you?

[smiles pleasantly, because he’s asked every time might as well be consistent]

[mildly]

Not in a way that would count for your task.

Ha ha ha, that is well enough. Then I shall be about getting it done shortly.

[and then he will make a gesture]

Would you care to walk with me to the village?

... All right.

[they will follow!]

[the village!! the spinny doors will drop them (throws dart) at the sakura tree

and mikazuki will look up at it and there's just this distinct fondness in his gaze]

... it does remind me of home.

[they look up at the sakura tree. softly,]

I imagine there are pleasant memories associated with both, when not touched by conflict.

[ . . . .

he seems to weigh what he wants to say for a moment before, just as softly - ]

My home is my greatest love.

And this realm a place where even this old man was forced to learn.

... Learning gets difficult, the older you are—and yet, I've found that even the most ancient of people are still capable of it.

Would you say that you've been able to learn a great deal, dear Cetus?

... Perhaps not in the same way as you might've, but there are still things I'm able to discover.

Is that so? Could you tell me of some?

Hm... I'm afraid they aren't things that can easily be put into words for others.

Ha ha ha...

I suppose, that too, I understand. The heart is an interesting thing.

It is, no matter what you are.

Then let us hope that these hearts of ours only continue to grow and change, dear Cetus.

So we might not stagnate all the same.

... That can be a rather difficult ask.

But we'll see what time brings.

[ . . . ]

I possess a question.

Do you occupy your time under the impression that it will last forever? [thoughtfully,] Even humans do, I think.

I'm not arrogant to believe that I can't die at any time.

But I suppose that yes, that would be the case.

Ha ha ha...

[his expression softens and he lets the cherry blossom petals that have fallen into his hand scatter to the wind]

I believe the same.

To at once be certain that all things will break one day - myself, included. For their must be an end. [almost... hopeful]

And yet... I am so accustomed to existing, even as I watch all others disappear before my eyes.

So what does it mean, to exist within those two worlds?

... It's a difficult thing to reconcile.

[...]

Maybe a part of you is waiting. Not for the end, necessarily, but for something you haven't been able to see in all your years alive yet.

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