May 14, 2010 21:08
Rakushun lifted his beady eyes and looked into Yoko's. "I can't figure out why this is such a tough decision for you."
"It's tough, because I can't do what they're asking of me."
"Why not?"
"I know what kind of person I am, incomplete, half-baked, despicable. I'm no king. I'm no one special at all."
"Yoko, I don't think --"
"You say you're half human, Rakushun? Well, so am I. I might look like a person, but inside I'm just a beast."
The Twelve Kingdoms: Sea of Shadow
Ono Fuyumi
in other words please be true.