[She can't finish her sentence. Can't, because while the thought of Kaoru coming to visit - of getting the chance to see him again - should bring her great joy, all it brings her is panic, because if he sets foot anywhere near Tosa and the ninjas in her husband's employ catch sight of him... if the Nagumo clan ever has even the slightest inkling that he's still alive...
Chizuru doesn't realize it, but she's starting to lag behind, and soon enough she slows to a stop. She holds tightly to the bags of udon as if they're an anchor, all she has that is keeping her from drowning.] ...isn't, it isn't, if you want to see the ocean - please go somewhere else...
[The words come before she can stop them, and she flinches and squeezes her eyes shut.]
Somewhere else, anywhere else, just not that place..! ..not Tosa..
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[She can't finish her sentence. Can't, because while the thought of Kaoru coming to visit - of getting the chance to see him again - should bring her great joy, all it brings her is panic, because if he sets foot anywhere near Tosa and the ninjas in her husband's employ catch sight of him... if the Nagumo clan ever has even the slightest inkling that he's still alive...
Chizuru doesn't realize it, but she's starting to lag behind, and soon enough she slows to a stop. She holds tightly to the bags of udon as if they're an anchor, all she has that is keeping her from drowning.] ...isn't, it isn't, if you want to see the ocean - please go somewhere else...
[The words come before she can stop them, and she flinches and squeezes her eyes shut.]
Somewhere else, anywhere else, just not that place..! ..not Tosa..