[The butterfly felt like a normal, unmoving piece of paper, much as the ofuda had been- for now. It was within the tower, if worst came to worst, that it would be charmed to activate, fluttering back to survey the situation within the tower and give the rest of the city forewarning of what had befallen them as it returned to Matoba.]

[Hopefully, it wouldn't be needed.]

Haha, of course I would presume our Boss is motivated to take on this mission for much the same reason. But it isn't always so easy to decipher all the answers in the midst of a disaster. Things shake loose in the funniest ways.

[Nor does he think the Daitengu would necessarily make it known to the clan at large if they did discover what the nature of the Enma's involvement was. Nor did that necessarily mean that it wouldn't be prudent to know, anyway. It was as important to be informed of the goings-on within the clan's matters as it was to know of the ones outside of their proverbial walls.]

[As, no doubt, anyone within the clan of "alliances" knew.]

If we all survive this, I'll be curious to see if any of the whispers I've heard to this point were true. The fun of rumors is always discovering what is fact and fiction about them, don't you think?

[Meaning: he'll be rewarded with further information, if he makes it out to fill in the gaps.]