[That's neither a real dismissal nor admitting to anything. Mainly because Douman doesn't even know what he could admit to here. Does he like Ranmaru? Yes. Would he like it if the bastard decided to properly stay around for good? Yes. Does he regularly want to shoot him to the moon or sell him off as vulture bait because he's driving Douman up a wall? That's a yes too. Their whatever they have is just a case of needing to keep somebody a friend because they know you too well.
...But he knows that the tengu has his own plans.]
Uh? I guess you could say that's why so many eventually decided to follow me. Though I'm more than willing to bet that most act out of self-interest just as much as how they might like anything I do. I mean, I never wanted to form a Hyakki Yagyō, it just kind of happened....
Erm, so does that mean that he did hurt one of you eventually?
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[That's neither a real dismissal nor admitting to anything. Mainly because Douman doesn't even know what he could admit to here. Does he like Ranmaru? Yes. Would he like it if the bastard decided to properly stay around for good? Yes. Does he regularly want to shoot him to the moon or sell him off as vulture bait because he's driving Douman up a wall? That's a yes too. Their whatever they have is just a case of needing to keep somebody a friend because they know you too well.
...But he knows that the tengu has his own plans.]
Uh? I guess you could say that's why so many eventually decided to follow me. Though I'm more than willing to bet that most act out of self-interest just as much as how they might like anything I do. I mean, I never wanted to form a Hyakki Yagyō, it just kind of happened....
Erm, so does that mean that he did hurt one of you eventually?