Also about month, huh? Then we must have arrived around the same time.
[Douman would envy such freedom. Both as Onmyoji and leader he needs to understand things as much as possible, if only to know where to put a lever and hope that he can move them in a direction that's a little less troublesome or chaotic. Or for knowing where to look when things inevitably end up going wrong somewhere along the way anyway.]
I'm no rat.
[He scoffs lightly at the description of their circumstances, apt as it might be. No offense to the clever rodents, but he isn't anybody's toy or specimen to poke and probe at however they wish. He is a former noble and a Nurarihyon - Ashiya fucking Douman. The trap that can hold him still needs to be invented!]
You are intending to hunt your own friends? How cold! [but there's an intrigued note in his voice, rather than judgement. Douman wouldn't turn against those that have allied themselves with him even now, but like all youkai his idea of morality is rather polka dots and stripes than black, white or even just grey. There is loyalty between family, between friends, between weak and the strong whom they follow, and even just that based on what or who brigs you the most personal satisfaction. And it all constantly weighs against each other and creates new struggles and compromises. So while Douman wouldn't hunt them, he'd also have no qualms using them as meatshields and alibi for himself.]
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[Douman would envy such freedom. Both as Onmyoji and leader he needs to understand things as much as possible, if only to know where to put a lever and hope that he can move them in a direction that's a little less troublesome or chaotic. Or for knowing where to look when things inevitably end up going wrong somewhere along the way anyway.]
I'm no rat.
[He scoffs lightly at the description of their circumstances, apt as it might be. No offense to the clever rodents, but he isn't anybody's toy or specimen to poke and probe at however they wish. He is a former noble and a Nurarihyon - Ashiya fucking Douman. The trap that can hold him still needs to be invented!]
You are intending to hunt your own friends? How cold! [but there's an intrigued note in his voice, rather than judgement. Douman wouldn't turn against those that have allied themselves with him even now, but like all youkai his idea of morality is rather polka dots and stripes than black, white or even just grey. There is loyalty between family, between friends, between weak and the strong whom they follow, and even just that based on what or who brigs you the most personal satisfaction. And it all constantly weighs against each other and creates new struggles and compromises. So while Douman wouldn't hunt them, he'd also have no qualms using them as meatshields and alibi for himself.]