[Thank god one of them gets it. Matoba passes Tama a raised-eyebrow look as Minakami, in the same moment, acknowledges.]
[It was nothing personal- just business. But when it came to this particular business, Matoba was not at liberty to give details away even if he wanted to. The circumstances surrounding the attack on the Daitengu, and its lasting implications, was something far too politically fraught to be loose-lipped about, especially given the ongoing turf war that had erupted between Shuten and Tamamo. He was sure they would piece it together eventually on their own.]
[At least he is capable of making inspired connections of other kinds. Matoba tilts his head with a pleased smile as Tama calls out his ruminations, but says nothing on the subject. Instead:] Doesn't it make you wonder who or why we were all drawn here? If it if counter to the Enma's interests in maintaining balance?
Although, I do not think the leaders themselves are involved in our summoning, either. [He adds.] They are powerful... But I think if they were capable of choosing, they may not have acquired some of the thorns in their sides they have found themselves with.
[...He's seen some interactions that would make him think so, anyway.]
As for the haniwa..... That, I cannot say. But I think it may be one of these 'outcasts' that is summoning them into the city. And if their creator is not inside of the city, and they are this powerful...
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[It was nothing personal- just business. But when it came to this particular business, Matoba was not at liberty to give details away even if he wanted to. The circumstances surrounding the attack on the Daitengu, and its lasting implications, was something far too politically fraught to be loose-lipped about, especially given the ongoing turf war that had erupted between Shuten and Tamamo. He was sure they would piece it together eventually on their own.]
[At least he is capable of making inspired connections of other kinds. Matoba tilts his head with a pleased smile as Tama calls out his ruminations, but says nothing on the subject. Instead:] Doesn't it make you wonder who or why we were all drawn here? If it if counter to the Enma's interests in maintaining balance?
Although, I do not think the leaders themselves are involved in our summoning, either. [He adds.] They are powerful... But I think if they were capable of choosing, they may not have acquired some of the thorns in their sides they have found themselves with.
[...He's seen some interactions that would make him think so, anyway.]
As for the haniwa..... That, I cannot say. But I think it may be one of these 'outcasts' that is summoning them into the city. And if their creator is not inside of the city, and they are this powerful...
That is a problem for every faction.