I don't think we have good relations with all those others?

Anyway, I originally stuck my stick in with the +Nezumi but I do really like this "Age of Man" vibe too.

"Always. You are my friend, and I care for you," she says, a touch of a smile. A focus coming through that generally semi-distant tone. With a returned squeeze she parts her hands from Satsuki and places one over the other in her lap. That smile which was just a touch prior grew to a full and warm o...

Ko smiles as he says that he will, but with the question it dims slightly. Hands retreating, or attempting to, but she does not let go of his. Only feeling the gentle tug as she pulls in on herself a little. Eyes glancing down as she shakes her head. "Only I will be able to see," she admits in a mee...

Ko listens, but as he speaks he can slowly get the sense she has an idea she has not yet shared. One she has been leading up to and as he finishes there is a silence with a tone to it which all but confirms the very thought, "I am glad you feel this way," she says, a distance to her voice but a warm...

Ko's eyes still had that almost stony determination set on her task but a hint of warmth slipped in at the kiss, a smile that almost seemed a separate entity playing across her lips. Hand working the same soaked cloth back into it's original place over the room, wrapping it up to and including the h...

Ko smiles warmly at the answer, a nod to give acknowledgement first and foremost always. "I do not make assumptions," she says, in that tone of reminding that seems only a little forceful but the warmth in which she speaks it is comforting enough to make up for this. Focusing then on rolling her her...

Meeting his eye as the robes were turned over into his care she gives him a brief nod. Then looks to the water, getting a sense of it before extending a hand and reaching the hand within. A soft hiss at the cold water escaped her without thought but the scrunch of her nose and uncomfortable expressi...

"You should come here," she says, looking to him and catching his gaze. Walking over toward the waters edge she leans one hand down onto a black stone, clearing the light mostly melted snowfall stop it with a wipe of her hand. Enough room for two to sit and look to the waterfall. Looking out over th...

Ko's gaze was so focused on her own hands that she had not the moment before to recognize Satsuki's so near. When they came into view however, it snapped Ko from the brief reverie which occupied her. Hands welcomes she looks up a welles tear which did not fall she smiles briefly and shakes her head....

Question shifted to Satsuki's she looks back down to her hands. Looking at the green markings that were done upon them. It helped in a tactile sense, to have something to focus on while her more complicated thoughts swirled. Somewhat despondent, she nods. Then shakes her head. "It was not trust," sh...

"I am always comfortable sharing with you," she says, a pause to focus on her hair and gather the right words. "I just do not understand my own thoughts on it yet. So, I know not what I would say. That is what I mean to say," she says, the touch of a smile coloring her words with confidence. Hand to...

As they approach Ko's hand starts to slip a little from his, their fingers intertwined but becoming loose as they start walking what would be the last steps of their journey here. While it seemed unintentional at first there was a purpose to it. One that reveals as her fingers are able to gently bru...

A pause is the answer at first, the all too common sign of Ko thinking no matter the conversation. Pausing to carefully consider her words before speaking, "I do not know," she says, there is a casting nature to the words as if it was just thought given voice. A sigh she brushes through some of Sats...

Yet carrying the markings, a careful hand which managed to clean without destroying the work. Slow work, but meaningful work. With the weather warming the night chill was not as bitter though it was still encroaching yet Ko feared it not. Hand in hand they walked together until they reached the wate...

"Well... yes..." Hikaru shifted, frowning. He wasn't terrific at being conversational either. "But Satsuki was doing what she did to help my quest." Or their quest, he'd begun to think of it as. "And so I feel that I owe thanks to everyone who assisted." He frowned, considering. "And perhaps being ...

Hikaru tilted his head, regarding her curious mannerisms as he considered his answer. "Because I enjoyed talking to you before." He said. "It was a strange experience, in a break from writing the Tao..." his lips shifted, "-but perhaps that fit the experience." He inclined his head. "I... also want...

Just as with their previous conversation, Hikaru watched her curiously. "I am glad you enjoyed yourself." He said, giving her the slightest of smiles. Frowning, Hikaru leaned a little closer. Then he paused, considering. "I am glad to see you here." He finally said, with a gentle nod. Right, Satsuk...

For Ko, moments like these where she could keep her hands busy doing something helped clear and focus the mind. Nearly as calming for her as it was for Satsuki to have something to interact with, to focus on, and to give care toward. There was a release from the distractions of the world in a moment...

Fingers ran through her hair gently at first, wide spaces between them to guide the hair down into place, getting a feel for it again. Pausing as she glances down a moment to look at her hands. Reaching up underneath the sleeve she found the end of the wrap and began to undo it that her hands would ...

Ko waited patiently as Satsuki got ready. Giving her enough time to let the mind wander, and wander it did. Hands rested in her lap she let them lay there with palms facing toward the sky. Enough that she could look down to them, the markings that Hiroya had drawn into them, the back of her hands as...