[ she just knows how to smile like that on her own! all shibas are created with the Power To Smile. but maybe ume senses nero's big ol eyes, because she's going to pap pap pap over the short distance across the paper to place her paws on nero's lap, her tiny tail wagging behind her, as if to say please put me on your lap and pat me! ]

But that's... [ why is she like this ] ...what a haiku is. It's supposed to be short. Three lines, 5-7-5 syllable sets, no more than that!

[ he holds up three fingers, as if to emphasize. whether his haikus are art in the first place, though... that's another question. he'll leave that job up to heisuke, though, whether he wants to break it to nero or not that hijikata's poems are ass. ]

Saber? That's a curious sounding name... then, in return — you can call me Tsurumaru.