[He thinks her as good a person as any, and many in Horos had seemed to think the same- but Hayame had yet to believe they honestly believed it, not truly. Humans, as she knew them, were weak creatures, able to conquer the much stronger jinba only by virtue of tool and numbers... and all too eager to see anything that did not look exactly like them as "other". As something closer to beasts than to men, something that it was acceptable to eat in times of famine, to breed and ride like horses, to flense the arms from to make of them chattel...
So, no. She was not accustomed to being around human children. She did not like children... much at all. They were... things she could have been, and things that she could have been forced to bear, and she did not-
She'd had only one day with those students, in that village hidden in the mountains, where perhaps they would have considered her a good, kind teacher. It had taken all her effort to be that- And the she was in Horos. Now she is here. And they..
Swords, well. He didn't have to actually express to her why he didn't have many good interactions with children. Swords killed whatever their owner's hand commanded... and those hands could claim the lives of the elderly, the sick, and the young in a time of war just as often as actual warriors.
He does not say anything about her comment. She does not say anything about his.]
I understand.
[She is all business. When she does spot the woman in question, from her vantage point with more than a foot or two on most peoples' heights around them, she pulls out a lantern to present it to her with a simple,]
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So, no. She was not accustomed to being around human children. She did not like children... much at all. They were... things she could have been, and things that she could have been forced to bear, and she did not-
She'd had only one day with those students, in that village hidden in the mountains, where perhaps they would have considered her a good, kind teacher. It had taken all her effort to be that- And the she was in Horos. Now she is here. And they..
Swords, well. He didn't have to actually express to her why he didn't have many good interactions with children. Swords killed whatever their owner's hand commanded... and those hands could claim the lives of the elderly, the sick, and the young in a time of war just as often as actual warriors.
He does not say anything about her comment. She does not say anything about his.]
I understand.
[She is all business. When she does spot the woman in question, from her vantage point with more than a foot or two on most peoples' heights around them, she pulls out a lantern to present it to her with a simple,]
Your lantern, madam.
[- Simple, but with a slightly raised voice.]