[Otosan Uchi, the scary Tsai District] Zankoku Hon'o

[Kaiu Aiichiro]

"I find this strange... Don't they want history to be learnt in your lands? On my clan, all I had to do was to ask."
He looks to the tower, squinting his eyes.
"It's as tall as the wall as I remember it. The wall is famous for its height, but it's not the height of the wall that is the main fator in protection. It is both because its extension covers the entire Crab clan frontier, and it being wide enough for the tunnels and the machines."

[Kitsuki Shara]

"I find this strange... Don't they want history to be learnt in your lands? On my clan, all I had to do was to ask."
He looks to the tower, squinting his eyes.
"It's as tall as the wall as I remember it. The wall is famous for its height, but it's not the height of the wall that is the main fator in protection. It is both because its extension covers the entire Crab clan frontier, and it being wide enough for the tunnels and the machines."

"Oh I think we just have different sorts of history. Not as many invasions of Dragon lands, people don't like mountains."
She nods in appreciation of the tower and by extension, The Wall's height.

"It must be gigantic! Have you been on the wall? In the wall? One day I shall have to see it."

[Kaiu Aiichiro]

"I see. We use the Twilight Mountains for protection, too." They were even visible from Shiro Kaiu.
Shara was good company. She liked hearing, and Aiichiro liked talking. "My dojo is inside the Wall. Actually it is inside a castle that is inside the Wall."

[Kitsuki Shara]

"I see. We use the Twilight Mountains for protection, too." They were even visible from Shiro Kaiu.
Shara was good company. She liked hearing, and Aiichiro liked talking. "My dojo is inside the Wall. Actually it is inside a castle that is inside the Wall."

"So you get to be in a castle in the wall the entire time? That sounds like double being in the wall to me."
The Dragon dodges a cart as the two continue towards the looming tower ahead

"My dojo doesn't have any giant walls, but sometimes we meditate on the castle roof, or in the valley....in storerooms....hanging off walls, one time we all had to find trees with 68 leaves and then meditate on their growth."

[Kaiu Aiichiro]

"Some Kaiu say that Shiro Kaiu is as tall as the wall, as wide as the wall and as long as the wall. But Shiro Kaiu might be the most reinforced Crab castle... Perhaps in the entire Empire, then. Maybe it loses to Kyuden Hida. But I have heard that the Kaiu built a Scorpion castle too, so I don't know."
The street was completely empty.
"From my home I can see the wall, so there were few times I did not feel... protected." He looks around. " Seeing the horizon from all angles is strange. Why do you count the number of leaves on trees?"

[Kitsuki Shara]

"Some Kaiu say that Shiro Kaiu is as tall as the wall, as wide as the wall and as long as the wall. But Shiro Kaiu might be the most reinforced Crab castle... Perhaps in the entire Empire, then. Maybe it loses to Kyuden Hida. But I have heard that the Kaiu built a Scorpion castle too, so I don't know."
The street was completely empty.
"From my home I can see the wall, so there were few times I did not feel... protected." He looks around. " Seeing the horizon from all angles is strange. Why do you count the number of leaves on trees?"

"The number of leaves? Well, the Togashi have a saying 'Truth and peace never live under the same roof. When one moves in, the other leaves.' Some of us were trying to see if there was a hidden meaning to that phrase.....turns out there probably isn't, or at least, we aren't yet wise enough to see it."

[Kaiu Aiichiro]

"Isn't it about leaving as an action?" It seemed so obvious... Dragons were really like that. As the two saw the houses becoming more sparse and the city's wall showing up, Aiichiro blinked a few times. "Ah, forgot about this. We will have to see if there is a gate on this area."

[Kitsuki Shara]

"Isn't it about leaving as an action?" It seemed so obvious... Dragons were really like that. As the two saw the houses becoming more sparse and the city's wall showing up, Aiichiro blinked a few times. "Ah, forgot about this. We will have to see if there is a gate on this area."

"Oh we don't take anything at face value, especially faces. You should never judge someone by their face."
Following Aiichiro's gaze to the wall
"There has to be a gate eventually, and we'd probably get in trouble if we tried to scale the walls."

[Kaiu Aiichiro]

"Interesting approach, serves well when someone is bluffing. I believe we can walk around the perimeter until we see a gate? I don't think it is good to ask anyone here anything. Everyone looks like a criminal." Aiichiro did not have the best image of Scorpions.

[Kitsuki Shara]

"Interesting approach, serves well when someone is bluffing. I believe we can walk around the perimeter until we see a gate? I don't think it is good to ask anyone here anything. Everyone looks like a criminal." Aiichiro did not have the best image of Scorpions.

"That seems like a sensible plan. But I think you are judging people by their faces Kaiu-san."
Heading along the perimeter
"That old lady probably isn't a criminal...unless she's a poisoner or something. And the kids in that garden are probably not violent criminals. That lady's kimono over there is criminal, but she might not be."

[Kaiu Aiichiro]

"It is the best approach to avoid danger." He replies. "Avoiding weird people. I'm not going to trust anyone ronin or Scorpion. The old lady and the children are not weird. The other lady is. It is also the context that makes the judgement valid. I wouldn't be looking around my sides if we were inside a castle."

[Kitsuki Shara]

"It is the best approach to avoid danger." He replies. "Avoiding weird people. I'm not going to trust anyone ronin or Scorpion. The old lady and the children are not weird. The other lady is. It is also the context that makes the judgement valid. I wouldn't be looking around my sides if we were inside a castle."

"Well, Scorpion do have a reputation, but I'm sure they can't all be evil. Some of them have to be good samurai."

[Kaiu Aiichiro]

Aiichirō turned his head at you, pausing for a moment. "Perhaps?" He asked, with a curious tone. "Didn't think of this before."

[Kitsuki Shara]

Aiichirō turned his head at you, pausing for a moment. "Perhaps?" He asked, with a curious tone. "Didn't think of this before."

She smiles slightly
"I mean, I'm sure some are evil. But they can't all be evil, since they're samurai, and not all samurai are evil. There's probably a good scorpion out there somewhere....maybe at the new Dojo? Maybe they picked their Scorpion to be good?"

[Kaiu Aiichiro]

"I think we were picked for some reason. Maybe for being easygoing with other people? I don't see why they would pick me and Ginkarasu-san otherwise instead of a Hida prodigy. So the Scorpions could be good."

[Kitsuki Shara]

"I think we were picked for some reason. Maybe for being easygoing with other people? I don't see why they would pick me and Ginkarasu-san otherwise instead of a Hida prodigy. So the Scorpions could be good."

"Oooooh, excellent idea Kaiu-san! I'm definitely not a prodigy, although I'm not sure what a Dragon prodigy looks like. Maybe you know when you see it?"
Shooting him a friendly glance
"Or maybe we're prodigies and we don't know it, do you feel like a prodigy?"

[Kaiu Aiichiro]

"I don't know the Dragon well enough to do this... If I feel like one?" He knew logically he was not one. His projects were average. He had to intensively study the same average hours before each test. The amount of critiques and praise were average. "Guess I can say I have some innate talent, for sure."

[Kitsuki Shara]

"I don't know the Dragon well enough to do this... If I feel like one?" He knew logically he was not one. His projects were average. He had to intensively study the same average hours before each test. The amount of critiques and praise were average. "Guess I can say I have some innate talent, for sure."

"I'm sure of it! Maybe you're a modesty prodigy? Or perhaps the Ruby Champion has some scheme to bring out our true potential. I wouldn't mind if she doesn't though, I like being who I am."

[Kaiu Aiichiro]

He smiled a slight bit. "If she is to bring our true potential, I would be confused on how this would be done so far away from Crab lands, but must I say I am curious nonetheless."

[Kitsuki Shara]

He smiled a slight bit. "If she is to bring our true potential, I would be confused on how this would be done so far away from Crab lands, but must I say I am curious nonetheless."

"Maybe she'll have you build something? Now that is an exciting thought, if you could build anything, what would it be?"
Shara weaves herserlf through a small crowd of merchants
"I'd build a comb I think, I could use two combs."