[He doesn't falter, and there is no pause, even if inwardly, there's a definite moment of freezing. But he's too well-trained to freeze outwardly, and so he neatly dispatches the nearest elf with a blade between its ribs, and then next with a neat twist of his wrist, smacking the flat of his blade against the side of its head with enough force to snap the fragile neck.
... A statement like that, honestly...
For a moment, he doesn't know how to respond, and so he doesn't, focused on the fight for a long moment. His men...]
We share a common dream, and they have agreed to follow me.
[he'd asked once, if Ashiya was concerned about Sousei's going off and doing his own thing, basically committing treason. But Ashiya had been so clear about it.
"The only one I follow is Abe no Sousei." ...Hm.]
I trust in their loyalty if nothing else. [But he's much too awkward and tsun to consider how much they liked him, okay...!!] For anything else, you would have to get their own opinions.
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... A statement like that, honestly...
For a moment, he doesn't know how to respond, and so he doesn't, focused on the fight for a long moment. His men...]
We share a common dream, and they have agreed to follow me.
[he'd asked once, if Ashiya was concerned about Sousei's going off and doing his own thing, basically committing treason. But Ashiya had been so clear about it.
"The only one I follow is Abe no Sousei." ...Hm.]
I trust in their loyalty if nothing else. [But he's much too awkward and tsun to consider how much they liked him, okay...!!] For anything else, you would have to get their own opinions.