Trembling of the Gong [Shishiyuki, Kasha]

"That is a quite admirable degree of dedication, Kasha. I will look forward to seeing your style develop with time. After all, you are still quite young. To resign yourself to anything would be a waste."

Shishiyuki certainly thought, if nothing else, that Kasha would do well in the future. Not perhaps in the future she had been working toward, but in whatever future was to come. After all, it seemed that reality had come crashing down around her and the ways of the nobility. Did she mind this?

No, certainly not. If anything, she was only saddened she could not have done it with her own hands.

"Would you care to see me out? I have a bit of work to do this evening, but it would be pleasant to enjoy your company for just a touch longer."

"Of course I can."

Kasha responded and stood up to stretch his legs in following in her act. He could've been extremely polite and just wait a little longer after she stood up but they had thrown formality to the wind and it wasn't like anyone else was around at the moment. He didn't really need to be exceptionally formal with her at the moment - if anything it was to her preference and he didn't mind being in the good graces of the Family Head.

"Wonderful."

Shishiyuki made something of a point of walking beside Kasha, rather than in front of him. She knew that it would send a message to anyone who saw them in the estate, but that was of course her whole intent. That was far from the only message she would care to send, but these things would come in time.

"I really must thank you for the company, Kasha. I hope you will not mind terribly if I come to you for counsel again. It was a lovely way to spend the evening."

"My pleasure, I will not though I would advise seeking me out when I am not accompanied by my teacher. I fear she will be a little too eager to spoil your form. Though that is just how she is with everyone."

She sure did enjoy marking people with a scar or two for their trouble. Taking satisfaction in the way she could so casually wound people without drawing their blood and leaving a mark on their body which would not heal so easily. Truly she was an animal and yet she had still raised him from an infant.

"I will see you again, until that time Shishiyuki."

He said politely with a bow and left her to her own devices. There was still other duties to achieve after all.