[ Hakuno is right to tread carefully. It's a faceless game for them with voice only, but on his side the one - eyed dragon has both eyes open and it's impossible to tell what he is seeing, what with one eye being a human, and one now being a dragon 's.

The thing is, Masamune knows her type well. She is undeniably good and for the right and her heart is open to everyone who may want to be thought of within it. His first friend besides Kojuro, a friendship forged with an enemy daimyo' s most loyal general. Hakuno is his third, and they both suffer from an innocence of reality that they are struggling through. He wonders briefly why he finds that weakness he has such distaste for also exactly what makes them special and worthwhile.

It's why he keeps his temper so far, why the only hint even on his side of the black void they speak through, only one fist gripping a bow tightly trembles as a hint of what he's possibly holding back. He's assuming too much, he knows. He will not lash out in assumptions. Not ever, but especially not after what they have both been through due to that exact behavior. ]

... Are you intending to suggest you contracted with him even just a little for me? Or is this some kind of attempt at a peace offering because you knew I wouldn't like to hear what you are telling me you've done?

[ He dismisses her question, for now. ]