If you insist~ [ he's not going to argue the point or anything, so he just has another bite of gyoza instead. ] Matoba Seiji.
[ he remembers the name from when they exchanged information at some point. ]
"A real pain"...
[ he repeats the words but thoughtfully, not mockingly, and pours more sake for hizen out of his own. he doesn't want to talk about it any more than hizen wants to hear it, so ryouma is happy to spare him. maybe he doesn't feel the weakness directly like hizen does, but the loss of oryou makes him feel less than whole in a way he doesn't know how to shake. ]
Maybe. Maybe not.
[ vague, nebulous as he can be. ]
But we're in this place and I'm still what I am and you're still what you are. It's not like... wherever Izō went before he came here. [ meaning they didn't all get turned human or into something else entirely. ] Maybe it's an adjustment period? Maybe the local magic has to sort things out, who knows? Might not be like this forever.
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[ he remembers the name from when they exchanged information at some point. ]
"A real pain"...
[ he repeats the words but thoughtfully, not mockingly, and pours more sake for hizen out of his own. he doesn't want to talk about it any more than hizen wants to hear it, so ryouma is happy to spare him. maybe he doesn't feel the weakness directly like hizen does, but the loss of oryou makes him feel less than whole in a way he doesn't know how to shake. ]
Maybe. Maybe not.
[ vague, nebulous as he can be. ]
But we're in this place and I'm still what I am and you're still what you are. It's not like... wherever Izō went before he came here. [ meaning they didn't all get turned human or into something else entirely. ] Maybe it's an adjustment period? Maybe the local magic has to sort things out, who knows? Might not be like this forever.