[Wouldn't it be cute if his sord also gets a lil shiny rock encrusted into it like a pommel stone... Except those are a western fantasy sword thing so maybe not, hm, but consider,
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Maybe not. But for now, things are peaceful, and that's not a bad thing.
[Dire, but true! So she can only calmly agree rather than react in any other more extreme fashion. Well, he did mention blood super casually earlier too, so maybe it'd be MORE surprising if this Totally Normal Guy didn't have experience with violence in any way...?]
It's nice to meet you too, Gou-san. [The honorific kinda just slipped out, though... Does that name sound familiar? Had she heard of it before (in History class while pretending to be a Japanese highschooler)?
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Nope. She makes a show of looking Pensive, but she can't remember (she probably wasn't paying attention). It sounds old and unusual for a Japanese name, that's about as much as she could guess from the name he's given her.] Is it okay to call you that?
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Maybe not. But for now, things are peaceful, and that's not a bad thing.
[Dire, but true! So she can only calmly agree rather than react in any other more extreme fashion. Well, he did mention blood super casually earlier too, so maybe it'd be MORE surprising if this Totally Normal Guy didn't have experience with violence in any way...?]
It's nice to meet you too, Gou-san. [The honorific kinda just slipped out, though... Does that name sound familiar? Had she heard of it before (in History class while pretending to be a Japanese highschooler)?
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Nope. She makes a show of looking Pensive, but she can't remember (she probably wasn't paying attention). It sounds old and unusual for a Japanese name, that's about as much as she could guess from the name he's given her.] Is it okay to call you that?