True enough, over the night Akane thought about what she should do about Saku, and honestly she couldn't just leave the kid alone with a clear conscious. He was just... odd, so naive yet completely indifferent to death itself, not exactly what you expect some an everyday servant boy. This wasn't part of her plans, and she seriously didn't want to take on an extra body... at the very least Akane had to hope she didn't just make a very, [i]very[/i] stupid decision.  

[color=slateblue]"Your coin belongs to you, I'm not someone who takes jobs like this, and I don't live off of handouts."[/color] Akane refused the money, [color=slateblue]"Nor do I consider us to be permanent partners either, so it would not make sense to combine our money."[/color] The ronin explained in a matter of fact way, when material wealth is added into any situation it always complicates matters, and besides she still didn't want to deal with potentially dirty money; the boy standing before her was still a mostly unknown stranger, she couldn't forget that.

Akane pushed past Saku to retrieve her kimono and to start redressing. [color=slateblue]"Well north is a good enough direction as any I suppose."[/color] 

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