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[He and Mitsuhide have something in common, Xu Shu realises, as he listens and ponders over each word. They are vastly different, and this man here is a being of such extremes it's hard to understand just what could have driven such a split, and yet... still... in some small way...]

Such small gestures are the best ones of all.

[Something has to be done about Mitsuhide. He and Daud have pondered it together. But Xu Shu keeps wondering if, when it comes down to it, he might bypass his father-figure and face it alone; if maybe that's the right thing for all concerned, Mitsuhide included. Despite every monstrous thing that face has ever done Xu Shu feels empathy, and sorrow, for the bloodied and battered man. It might make him even more foolish than he'd thought before but a proper battle between the 'darker' faces each of them has?]

[Even if Shan Fu is not a true 'other face.' Just Xu Shu himself, as he once was. As he still can't accept he is.]

Umm, thank you, Tenkai. [Xu Shu's trailing fingers stop, drawing into a fist for a moment before he sits up and frowns at the fire.] I don't have any more questions right now. There are too many thoughts in my head to go over before I can truly make sense of anything more.

[A pause, and because he is still very much Xu Shu:]

Sorry.

I think so, too.

[ He chuckles -- a soft, pleasing sound -- as he tilts his head to offer a similarly softly-felt smile. ] There was no big action that he or she did to earn your trust, right? Indeed, it is the small gestures that slowly ease the wounds that we have upon our hearts and allow us a feeling of peace. [ His eyes close for a moment, before he focuses his gaze back upon the cooking rabbits. If he allows his thoughts and eyes to wander too much, the meal will be ruined and that would make a waste of Xu Shu's efforts. And I cannot have that, at all. ]

You are welcome, Xu Shu, and there is no reason to apologize. [ A thoughtful pause. ] You should attempt to not think too hard on things beyond your control. Your head will start to heat up and you will feel as though you are under attack ... but there is no attack to come. Not from the face that is before you.

[ A frown is felt in his next words: ] The parts of you that are still healing. I won't poke and prod at them with anything sharp. So ... allow yourself a moment of rest, if you would? It seems to my poorly trained eyes that you have been putting too many responsibilities on yourself... [ His eyes slowly slide away and up toward the gradient of colors in the sky. ] ... but my eyes are poorly trained so perhaps... it is nothing of the sort?

[Xu Shu does not shift his eyes from the fire; he stares into the dancing flames, lets the orange and soft red fill his vision so there's nothing else to distract him. Just flame, beautiful flame, and the words Tenkai chooses to share. Really, there's only one appropriate response.]

They might be 'too many' but... they are still mine.

[And if he's honest, having none at all is the truly terrifying thing. Xu Shu just wants to be useful. To be valued. A part of him just can't accept or understand that people might value him anyway because that requires understanding what it is about him that people love.]

[He really is rather drained right now, though. So... for a short while, he'll just nod and close his eyes again. The light of the fire still shows through his eyelids, a comfort in the dark.]

But I'll rest.

[For now.]

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