["Why can't you let your people know how you feel now instead of waiting for the future!?"
Koumei stared at Doudanuki, thinking of a different young man with an honest heart and fire in his eyes. Chuckling bitterly, he shook his head and trained his eyes on the floor.]
That isn't the first time I've heard something similar. You remind me of someone who died well before his time.
[Someone who would have been a better King than either Kouen or Koumei himself, once the young man learned more of the world. Someone whom Koumei was prepared to think of as one of his trusted brothers-- even if through the bonds of marriage.
Thus was the nature of war. The good ones always had to die first.]
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Koumei stared at Doudanuki, thinking of a different young man with an honest heart and fire in his eyes. Chuckling bitterly, he shook his head and trained his eyes on the floor.]
That isn't the first time I've heard something similar. You remind me of someone who died well before his time.
[Someone who would have been a better King than either Kouen or Koumei himself, once the young man learned more of the world. Someone whom Koumei was prepared to think of as one of his trusted brothers-- even if through the bonds of marriage.
Thus was the nature of war. The good ones always had to die first.]