[There was a reason that she said it that way, after all. The "human court". The spirit world to which she truly belonged by birth did have a King, yes, and he possessed a great deal of authority but... Kiritsubo had never respected such things, only answering his call when it was of interest or use to her. The human Emperor, though... that had been in her early days, when she was learning the ways of humans, delighting more in casual manipulations or tricks before the centuries rendered those actions somewhat repetitive and dull.
And now... Now, she is in Kenos, beside a... fascinating individual.]
A provider to those who hunger...
[So this Raphael truly was a poet, then, even outside of the constraints of verse and, apparently, rhyme. She cannot say she has ever cared for the need to do that, considering it a Western flavor she needn't bother with, but, sure, she'll acknowledge it. And she will laugh just a bit, too herself, before she returns, with just a touch of that rhyming convention-]
Then consider me... a wandering artist for those who wonder.
[She could say "sage", but really... fortune telling was more of a hobby compared to what she considered her true work.]
One named Kiritsubo.
[One smiling at him with lips that were both hers and not, on a face that, once she left this trial and understood what had happened... Most people would never see again.]
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And now... Now, she is in Kenos, beside a... fascinating individual.]
A provider to those who hunger...
[So this Raphael truly was a poet, then, even outside of the constraints of verse and, apparently, rhyme. She cannot say she has ever cared for the need to do that, considering it a Western flavor she needn't bother with, but, sure, she'll acknowledge it. And she will laugh just a bit, too herself, before she returns, with just a touch of that rhyming convention-]
Then consider me... a wandering artist for those who wonder.
[She could say "sage", but really... fortune telling was more of a hobby compared to what she considered her true work.]
One named Kiritsubo.
[One smiling at him with lips that were both hers and not, on a face that, once she left this trial and understood what had happened... Most people would never see again.]