Masako nodded, relieved that the ronin hadn’t questioned her further. Although she felt a bond between herself and the ronin, she wasn’t sure whether or not telling Akane the truth would burden the ronin and thus decided to keep quiet for now.


[color=indianred]”That’s fine then. Shinkawa it is,”[/color] Masako said, squelching any uncertainty she felt. There would be many a city she would have to pass through and she wouldn’t let the first of those get her down. While Masako wasn’t exactly sure as to what she wanted, she knew she she didn’t want to see her life played out like a cleverly orchestrated play where she was some pawn the chessmaster would put forth in some small step in the grand scheme of things. That, she was sure of.


Looking at the ronin, Masako asked a question she now felt more comfortable asking. [color=indianred]”Say, is there any place you’d like to avoid?”[/color] Although not completely obtrusive at its core, the question still poked into Akane’s past more than most would be eager to reveal—especially if there was something in her past she didn’t want to share. Still, Masako had put out a faint request to avoid larger cities, and she felt that it was only right to extend the same courtesy to her ronin companion.


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