[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.]
[Trust, but verify. He understood what Matoba was saying - Daitengu might want the answers as much of the rest of them, but that might mean they keep the conclusions they draw on a need-to-know basis. And if he brought back information that might figure out what happened that night the Daitengu was (supposedly) assassinated. Well. That was a matter that could concern the whole city if handled the wrong way. ]
And better we have the unvarnished truth than a second story spun for someone else's benefit.
[ Cloud understands what Matoba's after - Jigoku-cho might have a different coat of paint, and different people calling the shots, but there was a familiar cadence to what he was being asked - there are secrets at the center of all this, and Matoba wanted Sutoku's personal mercenary to do what he was good at - dirty work. ]
I'll be back. And with any luck, we'll know more about what's going on than we did going in. [ He straps the sword to his back as he looks at Matoba. ] Count on it.
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[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.]
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And better we have the unvarnished truth than a second story spun for someone else's benefit.
[ Cloud understands what Matoba's after - Jigoku-cho might have a different coat of paint, and different people calling the shots, but there was a familiar cadence to what he was being asked - there are secrets at the center of all this, and Matoba wanted Sutoku's personal mercenary to do what he was good at - dirty work. ]
I'll be back. And with any luck, we'll know more about what's going on than we did going in. [ He straps the sword to his back as he looks at Matoba. ] Count on it.