Mmmm.
The air is so cold here, but refreshing, and I... am wrapped up warm enough. Staring out to sea is the perfect thing to do when one is thinking.
The curse is over now; I hope everyone is alright. Certainly such an experience may have been more disturbing to some than to others, but was confusing to all. But there have been far worse curses, hmm?
My other self; please stop reading into my soul then telling people what you see there.
I remember, when I first came here, all I wanted to do was go home…
Plenty of the City inhabitants who have been here a long time still carry that desire, but for me… it has diminished so much. I still miss it dearly, of course… and above all, I miss Ranmaru. But…
This place is starting to feel like home now. For all the curses, for all the danger, it is still getting that feel to it. When I think of the future, I am not seeing Japan anymore, I see the City and my plans related to it. I don’t know when it started to be that way, but it is now, and, well…
Perhaps it is wrong to feel this way. City life is never set… I might be here only a few weeks more, or I might be here forever… and I have duties back home. To Lord Nobunaga, to the land. I am a samurai who swore to help free his fellow people from the shackles of war. But… there are those here who I need to help as well. People I can protect from horrors when it comes down to it. Perhaps they need it even more.
Most importantly of all, Megumi-san…
I love her so, so much. I want to be with her for as long as I possibly can.
What am I to do? What can I do, even… but this guilt, this burden of guilt, it weight heavy on me… I…