[ well, that's familiar. he smiles privately, then moves to catch up, walking beside and a few inches behind sousei. ] It feels more like an elaborate practical joke thus far, in all honesty. [ some of the younger or smaller blades have revealed an alarming knack for practical jokes.

.. and then there's tsurumaru-san..

for a moment more, he's silent, but then he makes a musing noise. ] I suppose it could always be worse. War is ugly, and there are those here that I would keep from the battlefield entirely. [ whether to protect them or because they'd simply be.. well, useless. ]