[ Masamune exhales as if being put through some trying situation. However there is also a light heartedness to it that suggests it is not viewed in such a way at all. At the very least, he seems happy to be with her, to talk with her and hold onto her in his lap even as he rests his chin on her shoulder to peer at the spoon and bowl Hakuno holds. ]
...I guess but only because you made the bento and you're going to sleep with me. [ otherwise this would be super unfair. ]
[Well, she's also going to give him the show of actually summoning up the bento, but she'll leave that as a surprise after Slef-Compliment Number Two. She waggles the spoon at him, managing not to dislodge the ice scooped onto it.]
[She beams back at him, and obligingly guides the spoon to his mouth, preparing another one as soon as he's eaten it. She'll keep going at whatever pace he likes.]
[ Especially since it's not something that can currently be proven otherwise. Still, as he goes to think of another thing... all that comes up is much the same. Battle. War. Violence. Strategy. Everything falls under the same thing: he is a warrior, a weapon seeking blood for power and peace. He's not saying he is going to be bad at everything else outside of war, but considering the most he's done is cool and read and learned a few things here and there of no consequence, it's a fair uncertainty when trying to think of examples.
It doesn't bother him overall, he's confident he'll get by, but it is not helpful with suddenly feeling there is so little to grasp outside the umbrella of war. ]
Everything else I can think of saying falls understand the same category, I guess... I'm a good horseman, I'm good at turning battles around, I'm good at taking advantage of openings... not getting myself killed. Those sorts of things.
What sort of games did you play, when you were little?
[He's earned his pampering entirely, so she doesn't stop feeding him. When the bowl is empty, he summons up the finest of the Sakura obento series and continues offering him bites from the top layer. Now she's just personally curious, because...
Well, because most of her skills are tied to war, too, but she has never had a childhood preceding it.]
Given the period, I'll bet a lot were for strategy or play-fighting, but...
[ He's glad it wasn't insufficent, less for the food and more for not wanting to disappoint her. So while he definitely eats what she gives him, he takes the time to stop and think about her question... or rather, how to best answer what he already knows without it sounding bad. ]
I... uh, didn't play much of anything when I was young. The only time I got away from my studies was for training or when I ran off on Kojuro.
[ Which he still felt was totally worth all the punishment for that one time he ran into a bunch of ronin thugs harassing a small Yukimura. ] When I was, it was mostly alone but I guess I did a lot of daydreaming about how I was going to do everything right and make myself known and see my rival again.
[ because tiny Masamune's spent half his life waiting for it to pass to make good on a promise he never thought see. That's one good thing about this place, in addition to meeting Hakuno himself. Considering the last he remembers is being harassed about Yukimura being in the area and him not even knowing it and being used against him, he had to wonder... ]
[She trails off in thought, and the next bite of food finds its way to her mouth instead. She chews pensively as she reflects on it. Nero had called Elizabeth and Altera her rivals, and had seemed to value the dynamic quite a bit. Tamamo... had viewed just about every other person Hakuno laid eyes on as her rival, and hadn't seemed to like it at all.
But Hakuno has never had a rival.
She managed to make friends in the War, as bittersweet as that had turned out, but aside from that they were all opponents. A rival was someone who she could clash and improve with, time and time again. But, from the very start, Hakuno has only had two choices: win or die. Delete or be deleted. And after becoming Sovereign, having something that could rival her position is... well, most likely an extinction-level threat.]
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[ Masamune exhales as if being put through some trying situation. However there is also a light heartedness to it that suggests it is not viewed in such a way at all. At the very least, he seems happy to be with her, to talk with her and hold onto her in his lap even as he rests his chin on her shoulder to peer at the spoon and bowl Hakuno holds. ]
...I guess but only because you made the bento and you're going to sleep with me. [ otherwise this would be super unfair. ]
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[Well, she's also going to give him the show of actually summoning up the bento, but she'll leave that as a surprise after Slef-Compliment Number Two. She waggles the spoon at him, managing not to dislodge the ice scooped onto it.]
So. Let's hear it, Dragon of Oushu.
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[ He puffs his cheeks a little, them tinging pink, as he tries to think of something nice to say about himself. ]
I'm a good leader.
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[She beams back at him, and obligingly guides the spoon to his mouth, preparing another one as soon as he's eaten it. She'll keep going at whatever pace he likes.]
That wasn't too hard, was it?
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[ Especially since it's not something that can currently be proven otherwise. Still, as he goes to think of another thing... all that comes up is much the same. Battle. War. Violence. Strategy. Everything falls under the same thing: he is a warrior, a weapon seeking blood for power and peace. He's not saying he is going to be bad at everything else outside of war, but considering the most he's done is cool and read and learned a few things here and there of no consequence, it's a fair uncertainty when trying to think of examples.
It doesn't bother him overall, he's confident he'll get by, but it is not helpful with suddenly feeling there is so little to grasp outside the umbrella of war. ]
Everything else I can think of saying falls understand the same category, I guess... I'm a good horseman, I'm good at turning battles around, I'm good at taking advantage of openings... not getting myself killed. Those sorts of things.
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[He's earned his pampering entirely, so she doesn't stop feeding him. When the bowl is empty, he summons up the finest of the Sakura obento series and continues offering him bites from the top layer. Now she's just personally curious, because...
Well, because most of her skills are tied to war, too, but she has never had a childhood preceding it.]
Given the period, I'll bet a lot were for strategy or play-fighting, but...
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I... uh, didn't play much of anything when I was young. The only time I got away from my studies was for training or when I ran off on Kojuro.
[ Which he still felt was totally worth all the punishment for that one time he ran into a bunch of ronin thugs harassing a small Yukimura. ] When I was, it was mostly alone but I guess I did a lot of daydreaming about how I was going to do everything right and make myself known and see my rival again.
[ because tiny Masamune's spent half his life waiting for it to pass to make good on a promise he never thought see. That's one good thing about this place, in addition to meeting Hakuno himself. Considering the last he remembers is being harassed about Yukimura being in the area and him not even knowing it and being used against him, he had to wonder... ]
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[She trails off in thought, and the next bite of food finds its way to her mouth instead. She chews pensively as she reflects on it. Nero had called Elizabeth and Altera her rivals, and had seemed to value the dynamic quite a bit. Tamamo... had viewed just about every other person Hakuno laid eyes on as her rival, and hadn't seemed to like it at all.
But Hakuno has never had a rival.
She managed to make friends in the War, as bittersweet as that had turned out, but aside from that they were all opponents. A rival was someone who she could clash and improve with, time and time again. But, from the very start, Hakuno has only had two choices: win or die. Delete or be deleted. And after becoming Sovereign, having something that could rival her position is... well, most likely an extinction-level threat.]
...that sounds nice. What are they like?