That's your rationality speaking - which affirms that you're hardly corrupted in this moment. However invoking the darkness of one's heart does work in rather odd ways.
[and it's why if mikazuki had to take a guess, kara would still sooner raise his sword at someone that he thought would get in the way of the mission
but regardless - ]
... I suppose I will hold onto them, if you would grant me permission. At the very least, until your return.
After how many have been corrupted without realizing it, I don't think how rational I am will matter.
[ he'd agree with mikazuki on who he would prefer to target, though, if they spoke about it. there's a reason he's taken to avoiding certain people in this village, after all.
he nods. ]
They should be kept somewhere safe until the saniwa can summon us again.
If you wish to be so specific, then it is not as though I would be caught unawares if you were to be corrupted either. Even still... I will hope that such a thing will not come to pass.
[as for that though, mikazuki will watch him for a moment before offering a smile]
Then you know quite well I will guard you both with my life.
Though I hope I will see you sooner than again at the citadel.
Do you believe that it is only possible for us, as swords and spirits, to be revived? What of the humans who have similarly passed? It is not within a guarantee... but it is also not impossible to return them to life and their homes as well.
[a tilt of his head]
We may be able to bring Tsurumaru back to us without troubling the saniwa.
[ there was something about being returned to the point in time from which they'd been taken, but no more than that. and no one had told him anything about a way to bring the dead back. ]
[mikazuki will take reach for another piece of mochi, opening his mouth to both explain and also take a bite -
only to find shadows suddenly interlace over his mouth like fingers, something that kara had seen that very first weekend when they were unable to move forward with finding tsurumaru's killer - though now mikazuki's expression is more clearly seen. it lacks fear, but there is a glint of sharpness in his gaze.
and then it disappears, fading out in favor of a contemplation.
only after a moment do the shadows retreat and he finds himself frowning]
... it would appear that there are still some matters in which I am not able to speak freely on of my own will.
Speak with others who might be able to engage more freely than I, I presume.
[there is a smile at that, though it lacks some of the warmth that mikazuki normally regards the world with]
To agree to oversee you all has put me in a rather precarious position... While I am able to guide, and possess the knowledge of all that happens here, I still am unable to interfere or give answers as much as I would like.
Only each of you, the participants, may truly have an effect on one another.
[ yeah no kara is well aware that mikazuki likes being cryptic as fuck and it's one of the reasons he doesn't usually go out of his way to talk to this old man ]
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[ that's. about what he expected, though. kara hesitates before asking his next question, eyes landing on his sword. ]
And if I do break? What will happen to our swords?
[ both his and tsuru's, since he... still has the shards. ]
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[and it's why if mikazuki had to take a guess, kara would still sooner raise his sword at someone that he thought would get in the way of the mission
but regardless - ]
... I suppose I will hold onto them, if you would grant me permission. At the very least, until your return.
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[ he'd agree with mikazuki on who he would prefer to target, though, if they spoke about it. there's a reason he's taken to avoiding certain people in this village, after all.
he nods. ]
They should be kept somewhere safe until the saniwa can summon us again.
[ he thinks that's what mikazuki means, anyway. ]
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If you wish to be so specific, then it is not as though I would be caught unawares if you were to be corrupted either. Even still... I will hope that such a thing will not come to pass.
[as for that though, mikazuki will watch him for a moment before offering a smile]
Then you know quite well I will guard you both with my life.
Though I hope I will see you sooner than again at the citadel.
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Sooner...?
[ he looks up, brow furrowed in confusion. ]
What do you mean?
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[a tilt of his head]
We may be able to bring Tsurumaru back to us without troubling the saniwa.
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[ there was something about being returned to the point in time from which they'd been taken, but no more than that. and no one had told him anything about a way to bring the dead back. ]
How?
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only to find shadows suddenly interlace over his mouth like fingers, something that kara had seen that very first weekend when they were unable to move forward with finding tsurumaru's killer - though now mikazuki's expression is more clearly seen. it lacks fear, but there is a glint of sharpness in his gaze.
and then it disappears, fading out in favor of a contemplation.
only after a moment do the shadows retreat and he finds himself frowning]
... it would appear that there are still some matters in which I am not able to speak freely on of my own will.
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What do I have to do to find out?
[ always focused on the mission... ]
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[there is a smile at that, though it lacks some of the warmth that mikazuki normally regards the world with]
To agree to oversee you all has put me in a rather precarious position... While I am able to guide, and possess the knowledge of all that happens here, I still am unable to interfere or give answers as much as I would like.
Only each of you, the participants, may truly have an effect on one another.
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Does Tsuru know about this? That it might be possible to bring him back, if not how?
[ he hates how much he misses having tsuru around to bother him ]
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[just saying
kara you dumb tsundere]
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That's not an answer.
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[well, mikazuki at least sounds amused]
I am already limited in what I wish to say - it grows tiresome to be so shrouded in mystery.
[not
not really but like
he's trying to make a point here that he hopes that kara gets]
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...Fine. I'll ask him myself.