Is that so? Nor I.... Are you what they call a 'freelancer'? [He seems rather amused by that; he can relate to the sentiment, but not nearly for the same reasons.]
[Matoba's eye slides thoughtfully to the side at that question, one he hasn't quite been asked yet in his many conversations with other Lost Souls. In the end, they were all moved by it- those seemingly impossible promises. It should probably be given much more weight.]
I think that we are the playthings of a few very powerful ayakashi, and I also think that not even the Enma himself has the power or authority to grant anything that isn't in his domain, [He says after a time,] Which is to say it depends on the contract and the Master.
[Matoba's contract was simply a matter of the Alliance keeping a promise. Suffice to say- he had made it with a great deal of dark humor and little expectation. But why waste an opportunity when he had no choice in the matter, anyway?]
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[Matoba's eye slides thoughtfully to the side at that question, one he hasn't quite been asked yet in his many conversations with other Lost Souls. In the end, they were all moved by it- those seemingly impossible promises. It should probably be given much more weight.]
I think that we are the playthings of a few very powerful ayakashi, and I also think that not even the Enma himself has the power or authority to grant anything that isn't in his domain, [He says after a time,] Which is to say it depends on the contract and the Master.
[Matoba's contract was simply a matter of the Alliance keeping a promise. Suffice to say- he had made it with a great deal of dark humor and little expectation. But why waste an opportunity when he had no choice in the matter, anyway?]