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[tosa]

(█████ color)

I'm looking for a woman who likes to bite people.

She turns into a BAT. /\/\/(｀⌒´)\/\/\

I never got her name and I've been looking all day.

(Context matters but no one tell him that. Or do.)

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[teradaya]

But the bat is also the woman. Of course she's not going to be happy.

[And then a few minutes later as he thinks of something.]

Think of it like this. Say someone looked at your sword. Sword form? Sword. They looked at it and said, "Wow, it's awful puny!"

(Now you and I both know that's not true, but bear with me for a second.)

How would that make you feel? Yeah, it's just a sword, but it's also still you.

[tosa]

( If this was an in person conversation, he'd grumble that there was nothing wrong with being a small sword. Does he want to be shortened into a tantou? No. But he supposes there's something different with being called puny versus being just called small or short. Even if puny is the right word.................. hmmmmmmm

It's hard to be purposely stubborn when dealing with Ryouma. He's obviously biased when it comes to what he listens to and after a while, he responds, )

I guess I understand.

( He supposes. He still doesn't like admitting he's wrong exactly. )

Okay, I get what you mean. Even if it's true, that doesn't make it okay to say.

[teradaya]

[Mutsunokami, you're learning!

But Ryouma smiles at the message, imagining his sword begrudgingly accepting those words. He still doesn't know this version of Mutsunokami as well as he'd like, but he thinks he's on the right track, or at least knows him well enough.

Besides, Ryouma's been pretty dumb before. It's a little endearing to watch Mutsunokami take similar missteps.

A little.]

Not everything is a negotiation where you have to be really careful with your words, but some things in life can pop up without warning. You have to mindful of your surroundings and the mood of conversations and the like. It's hard, I know. We all make mistakes. But I know you'll do better in the future.

You should also probably apologize, if you didn't already. That, or get used to running away a lot.

[tosa]

( Well, dang, he's going to have to make sure to do better now that Ryouma believes in him. )

I already said sorry because it seemed like the right thing to say. I just don't like apologizing without getting why so I asked you that's all.

[teradaya]

[Ryouma, your doofus dadson. No pressure.]

I hope things are a little clearer between you two now.

[tosa]

No way.

I've never met such a difficult woman before and I live with Okuni.

[teradaya]

[..............Well. Things were looking up once upon a time.]

Hmmmmm. I hope you're good at running.

[tosa]

Haven't been caught since I started.

( Running, that is. )

[teradaya]

I pray your luck never runs out.

But if it does, I doubly pray that you'll use that sense I just saw a few comments ago.

[tosa]

Wait, what's that supposed to mean?

[teradaya]

You're stubborn and reckless like me.

[tosa]

Because of you*

( It's Ryouma's fault. All Ryoumas are at fault. )

[teradaya]

Now, now, let's not point fingers.