>>5948052You’ve always liked his eyes. They had a soft gleam to them.
When you were a little girl, your grandpa once told you there were seven types of love in this world: Friendship, Self-Love, Romantic Love, Familial Love, Playful Love, Love of Duty, and Universal Love.
You used to think about that sometimes, and sometimes you would even look around for it. A disturbingly rare thing. Sure, there was love everywhere you looked. Friends, spouses, comrades, but it never seemed like it was directed at you.
You didn’t know what kind of love radiated from Otomo’s eyes, but you did know they were eyes that overflowed with love. Love of all kinds, love that could be concealed but a love that would pour out at a moment’s prodding.
You wished you could see that expression every day. It made you feel happy that at least this time, it was because of you.
You draw forward from his riding spot in the caravan. You should probably leave him alone now that he looked like that.
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You are Otomo Mizutani. You’ve been ponderously working on this crab for several days, and now it’s done.
You examine it. Far from perfect, but that’s only because you weren’t a master. You do feel a sense of pride because you know that it was the absolute best you could do. That’s all you could really expect from yourself, anyway.
Maybe you were celebrating too early though. You can’t help but feel annoyed that you didn’t have any paint to really finish it off with. Painting was half the battle. It was the half of the battle you had the most problems with.
“We’re pulling up to the temple in about an hour.” Gin says, surprising the hell out of you with a firm pat to your uninjured thigh.
“Thanks.” You say, sheepishly, knowing that you’ve probably portrayed a miserable display of what it means to be a shinobi in front of this man. You were supposed to be protecting him, but so far all you feel like you’ve done for him is get hurt and slow down his mules with your weight.
Gin shakes his head, chuckling jovially. “Any time, my boy! I have reason to believe you’ll like it there, I’m excited to see how it works out for you!”
>The fire temple isn’t a town like the last stop, but it serves other purposes. There’s things you can do here.>Meditate on the Will of Fire at the main shrine.>Seek out the wisdom of a priest on the condition of your soul.>Seek out the wisdom of a priest on refining your ninjutsu.>Look for information that will help you understand the nature of the cosmos.>Look for information that will help you understand the nature of demons.>Those responses are gay. Sit around and do nothing, or something else (Write in.) 