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His eyes shot open as the meeting came to a close. The other pillars were certainly interesting, unfortunately the interactions witnessed here told him little about them as people, though he has some insight into their priorities when it came to business. Saburo the Crane Pillar sees the larger picture, it is true, with the progress of humanity, comes it's old traditions to come under threat. He who has lived in a city before is well aware of this, but his old man had considered opening a dojo to keep the art alive at least. Furthermore a hidden threat. He has heard them uttered before but rarely if ever by name. It appears he is yet privvy to those matters. Still, Saburo sees that there is more than two forces at play, or possibly to come into play.

Next predictably the Love Pillar Maria seemed to care for others, in this case the River Pillar himself. From a pragmatic perspective, losing one of the Pillars is pretty big, if they can rein him back in, that would be avoiding a huge loss. It was not realistic, but the idealistic approach always gives humanity to one's thoughts. He expected no less from a woman of the cloth. 

The Sea Pillar Kikumi has prevention in mind. The vulnerability presented by a Pillar defecting was indeed a pressing matter. If this event got out to others, then it would expose them to further dangers and instability, and of course, such an event was unacceptable. Of course next, was the Spirit Pillar. At first he thought these two were sisters, due to their similar features, but that appeared to be false. Regardless, the Spirit Pillar Fushigi seemed to focus more on the message, and the punishment. Indeed, how they execute him would be important... In his opinion if they have him willingly seppuku, it would send the message that the River Pillar had realized he was in the wrong, and took responsibility for his actions.

Everyone had already dispersed while Kuuto remained within the hall, standing by the old man. It would be inappropriate to leave right this moment, furthermore he wondered if there were to be any directives for him. As far as he knew, the one who left their estate and defected with the Pillar was Kurakumo. A name he remembered, as he remembered the names of all at this estate, for security reasons. He did not know the student very well, and as far as he knew the other students were a bit wary around him due to his glare. Though while that was the case... The attendants didn't seem so pervasive around him. 

For now he awaited for what would come next... In actuality he hoped to be dispatched, despite his calm demeanor, he was still young, and exhibited young desires. Besides, he sought something to keep his blade polished.