shinobu

[preowned]

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[wisterin]

Is that so? Then, if you're able to see more happiness than sadness... that'd be ideal.

[ she doesn't think a sword's life is ideal. ]

[preowned]

Mm. I cannot promise that will always be the case... but there are many beautiful things out there in the world, and I remember every one that I come across.

[wisterin]

I'm glad. Name a few for me?

[preowned]

[ he thinks... ]

When a sword meets their master, a lot of the time, they get this sort of... shiny look in their eye. It's rather sweet.

[wisterin]

A reunion after untold years with someone who cherished them.

[ she hopes their masters cherished them. ]

... You aren't allowed to tell them who you are, though, are you?

[preowned]

We aren't.

... there are times where it gets revealed though. Or they figure it out. [ ... ] Admittedly, that's usually when things turn into a gigantic mess.

[wisterin]

[ ... ]

Does it usually end well?

[preowned]

... it depends on the mission, if I'm honest.

Generally, we are meant to preserve history. If someone finds out who we are, a lot of the time it's because some interference with our enemy is what made it eventually happen. They try to change history in different ways, but the most common ones are to kill a prominent figure too early or to make them live past when they were meant to die.

[wisterin]

That's one sure way to change a timeline. Is that what happened to Date Masamune in your memory, or was that something different?

[preowned]

For him, it was specifically that they were trying to get him to attempt to take over the country.

[wisterin]

[ she tries to remember her history. give her a bit because science is more her thing. ]

My, that truly would have changed so much. Was he tempted?

[preowned]

He was. It was the black armor's fault though... it convinced him to try.

[wisterin]

But you ended up stopping him in time.

[ she wonders if that's what happened to tsuru, too. ]

[preowned]

Thankfully!

He was really cool.

[wisterin]

... I worry about you sometimes.

[preowned]

Well... he was...

[ pouting ]

[wisterin]

Even when he was trying to break you?

[preowned]

[ there's a laugh ]

Sometimes... some clashes aren't so black and white.

[wisterin]

... I know.

[ she thinks about all her terribly het cr that she doesn't realize is het. ]

And I haven't forgotten that you are still a sword at your core.

[preowned]

[ HELP SHINOBU YOUR HET

but he smiles. ]

... mm. But don't worry. I can still recognize when an enemy is an enemy, even if other parts are complicated.