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[flameguard]

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[flameguard]

[ there's a headshake, and rondo falls quiet for a long, long moment. best suited... maybe. he has to be, right? that's his job, as the flameguard. to vanquish evil. he won't shy away from it, but... ]

...What happened, when you had to? [ fight your former master. there's a little vulnerability to the way he asks, raw. ]

[naginota]

[ a soft, thoughtful hum. ]

I defeated him in battle, when the time came. But when I went to take his life, my blade wouldn't land. [ a soft smile. ] I couldn't bring myself to kill him, as he told me to. Maybe if things were different - if he'd fought me like he meant it, I could have given him the end that he deserved, with all of my respect.

But my precious friend, Imanotsurugi... As much as he struggled with the idea of fighting his own master, he managed to do what even I couldn't when he saw that Yoshitsune-kou had gone too far. You remind me of him in some ways, Rondo-dono. So I believe that you'll do what needs to be done, when the time comes. And when it does, your friends will be there to support you.

[flameguard]

[ it's... touching to be compared to someone like that, someone so precious. rondo thinks about that, and holds iwatooshi's kindness earlier in the day close to his chest. it matters, to him, makes him feel warm and valued, makes him feel like he can be worthy of the heavy title on his shoulders.

unconsciously, he scoots a little closer to him, pressing his shoulder in like he can be bolstering, too. ]

... thank you, Sir Iwatooshi. [ it's soft, not awed necessarily, but certainly hallowed. ]

I... don't think there's any shame in that, either. [ in not being able to give him that end. ] I don't think there's anything wrong with caring about someone so much.

[naginota]

[ he simply nods and holds rondo a little tighter. as long as he needs, iwatooshi will stay here with him. even if he can’t help with the burden rondo carries, the least he can do is offer reassurance while they’re here. ]

…Our mission is our mission. [ softly, almost resigned. they each have their duty, his own team and rondo’s. ] That matters more than our feelings when the fate of the world and its history could be at stake.

[ he looks down at rondo for a moment before just. leaning his head against his. It isn’t reassuring, perhaps, but it is what it is. ]

It isn’t shameful to care. But sometimes we have to set that aside to do what’s right, no matter how much it hurts us.