Yes. [ he says it with a laugh and takes another sip of sake but he's half-serious too. ] That is to say, I'm not ruling anything out at this point. But I'll do my best to explain as neatly as I can what I'm thinking and then you'll probably have a better idea of where to start.
[ ryouma has a tendency to ramble and he's aware of it. ]
Right now we have Kappa refugees living in a warehouse and we have supplies for them by the grace of local businesses. But that's neither ideal nor sustainable long term for anyone. Nor would I want to ask them to endure it any longer than necessary. So I want to do a fundraiser — one night only, a huge party in the Underground! This is just the first step, I should point out. A sort of trial run because if we can't accomplish this than we have even more work to do.
[ but right now that's a possibility he's not willing to entertain. only success! ]
We know Shuten and Tamamo want to win and we know that the Tengu Elders were prepared to negotiate with whoever won. Only right now things are deadlocked down there. No one's making much progress, either way, so now is the best time to approach Tenkohime and Toraguma with a solid proposal. What we want is for them to call a truce and to do that we need to make it very clear to them that peace is their most lucrative option.
[ and there is where he pauses for now to give them both time to consider what he's said. there are enough moving pieces to all this that he's willing to wait for specific questions than hope he's remembering to mention every detail anyway. ]
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[ ryouma has a tendency to ramble and he's aware of it. ]
Right now we have Kappa refugees living in a warehouse and we have supplies for them by the grace of local businesses. But that's neither ideal nor sustainable long term for anyone. Nor would I want to ask them to endure it any longer than necessary. So I want to do a fundraiser — one night only, a huge party in the Underground! This is just the first step, I should point out. A sort of trial run because if we can't accomplish this than we have even more work to do.
[ but right now that's a possibility he's not willing to entertain. only success! ]
We know Shuten and Tamamo want to win and we know that the Tengu Elders were prepared to negotiate with whoever won. Only right now things are deadlocked down there. No one's making much progress, either way, so now is the best time to approach Tenkohime and Toraguma with a solid proposal. What we want is for them to call a truce and to do that we need to make it very clear to them that peace is their most lucrative option.
[ and there is where he pauses for now to give them both time to consider what he's said. there are enough moving pieces to all this that he's willing to wait for specific questions than hope he's remembering to mention every detail anyway. ]