[ She doubts he thinks that this menacing little display is going to make her quiver in her seat. Instead, Aerith hooks her ankles together and she places her hands over her knees as the car smoothly cruises around the perimeter of the festival. The rainbow lights of the concert stage an lanterns fall over them in slits and squares and other strange, sharp shapes, setting a mood in. ]
No. [ It's simple, straight to the point. ] But it's not about you. [ She looks out the window, expression neutral, impassive, thoughtful— all at once. ] Everyone is trying their hardest to survive here... more and more, things are piling up...
[ When Aerith looks back at him, she supposes that Matoba has enough secrets under his belt that one more won't kill him. ] It was about... two months ago, actually. We held a meeting, following the Daitengu's assassination, to discuss plans for the future and the turf war. At that time... I propositioned that we discuss working with Sutoku Alliance to strike a deal.
[ Aerith raises one finger before continuing. ] They only needed half of the underground, and the Kappa were out of jobs, being hunted down... [ It hadn't sit right with her. Not at all. It still doesn't, in truth, but those are bygone moments, now. Still, he could ask around, and get the confirmation that Aerith did proposition this during the meeting— ]
I thought that two groups of people could handle Shuten as quickly as possible, or force some kind of surrender... My proposition was largely considered too risky. Some way or another, Tenkohime heard about it, and wanted to know why I felt that way. We still don't know who, or what killed the Daitengu... and only a short time later, the rain had fallen... on the order of Haniyasu. [ A beat. ] It seems.
[ There is something bigger beyond the city. Between the black market, the attempts on their lives, everything else... There's more to be uncovered. She knows this. Clan politics are just a footnote to her— a good partnership, however. ]
Matoba, I can get you the things you're asking for. [ But she does think there's a target on her back, from Tenkohime's questions back then. Something is amiss, and she thinks that it'd be a great disservice to the Tamamo Clan's name for her to be working with someone from another clan. All the same... ]
But the same way that Tamamo has a sort of lock on these things— magic, and herbs... I know Sutoku has more information. I want to help, any way I can, to make sure we keep this place alive and well. It'd be a shame to lose this city, but we know that it's under attack. That's all I want.
[ Ah— ]
And maybe room for a flower patch or garden of some kind in Sutoku. If this place is going to go up in blooms, then I really gotta hit up the other clans, too!
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No. [ It's simple, straight to the point. ] But it's not about you. [ She looks out the window, expression neutral, impassive, thoughtful— all at once. ] Everyone is trying their hardest to survive here... more and more, things are piling up...
[ When Aerith looks back at him, she supposes that Matoba has enough secrets under his belt that one more won't kill him. ] It was about... two months ago, actually. We held a meeting, following the Daitengu's assassination, to discuss plans for the future and the turf war. At that time... I propositioned that we discuss working with Sutoku Alliance to strike a deal.
[ Aerith raises one finger before continuing. ] They only needed half of the underground, and the Kappa were out of jobs, being hunted down... [ It hadn't sit right with her. Not at all. It still doesn't, in truth, but those are bygone moments, now. Still, he could ask around, and get the confirmation that Aerith did proposition this during the meeting— ]
I thought that two groups of people could handle Shuten as quickly as possible, or force some kind of surrender... My proposition was largely considered too risky. Some way or another, Tenkohime heard about it, and wanted to know why I felt that way. We still don't know who, or what killed the Daitengu... and only a short time later, the rain had fallen... on the order of Haniyasu. [ A beat. ] It seems.
[ There is something bigger beyond the city. Between the black market, the attempts on their lives, everything else... There's more to be uncovered. She knows this. Clan politics are just a footnote to her— a good partnership, however. ]
Matoba, I can get you the things you're asking for. [ But she does think there's a target on her back, from Tenkohime's questions back then. Something is amiss, and she thinks that it'd be a great disservice to the Tamamo Clan's name for her to be working with someone from another clan. All the same... ]
But the same way that Tamamo has a sort of lock on these things— magic, and herbs... I know Sutoku has more information. I want to help, any way I can, to make sure we keep this place alive and well. It'd be a shame to lose this city, but we know that it's under attack. That's all I want.
[ Ah— ]
And maybe room for a flower patch or garden of some kind in Sutoku. If this place is going to go up in blooms, then I really gotta hit up the other clans, too!