[The mask hides the expression he makes as Douman bites his lip behind the mask. 'No enemy in me', his ass! Anybody who is mocking Seimei's memory is also stepping on his own, and he has less and less of a mind to tolerate that just for keeping up appearances. Maybe he should just see if the most obvious culprit for his current predicament is also the real one who's taking refuge in hiding right before everyone's eyes as an too easy solution?]
The one from the stories? I heard that he was quite the accomplished musician and poet, but sadly also more fond of drinking than seeing to his duties. At least according to Fujiwara.
[Douman shrugs his shoulders. The other clearly knows the common stories about Abe no Seimei, but he's obviously falling for the common trap of mixing fact with fiction. The stories were more interesting when Seimei had a foil to prance around with rather than being the antisocial loon he had been, and a little hinting at brotherly bonding or even forbidden romance has always boosted the sales.
He wonders how the real Seimei would have reacted to hearing his imitator's claim.]
I fear losing all that I've build up. [Ping! The screen flashes green for a moment, but the checkmark is still missing.]
I fear disappointing those who put their faith in me. [Another ping and yet again no checkmark.]
But most of all I fear being powerless. [Ping!
Douman sits back with a hmph! under his breath. He meets his true self at the bottom of a bottle every other night, answering a question like this is nothing to him. If anything, he's a little grateful that that was the answer that got the pass. Having it light green over "I fear of getting broke" would have been embarrassing.]
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The one from the stories? I heard that he was quite the accomplished musician and poet, but sadly also more fond of drinking than seeing to his duties. At least according to Fujiwara.
[Douman shrugs his shoulders. The other clearly knows the common stories about Abe no Seimei, but he's obviously falling for the common trap of mixing fact with fiction. The stories were more interesting when Seimei had a foil to prance around with rather than being the antisocial loon he had been, and a little hinting at brotherly bonding or even forbidden romance has always boosted the sales.
He wonders how the real Seimei would have reacted to hearing his imitator's claim.]
I fear losing all that I've build up. [Ping! The screen flashes green for a moment, but the checkmark is still missing.]
I fear disappointing those who put their faith in me. [Another ping and yet again no checkmark.]
But most of all I fear being powerless. [Ping!
Douman sits back with a hmph! under his breath. He meets his true self at the bottom of a bottle every other night, answering a question like this is nothing to him. If anything, he's a little grateful that that was the answer that got the pass. Having it light green over "I fear of getting broke" would have been embarrassing.]