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Is this how it works? Ha! Got it!

Hey, this is the equivalent of getting in touch with the mighty Kumou Tenka - yours truly - if I'm otherwise busy. Tell me what you need and I'll get back to you as soon as possible! Talk to you soon.

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[firstcloud]

[ It's not that surprising that Sousei knows - probably about this as well, then - but the feelings in the dream had been so heavy that it might be better that Sousei is out despite that. He's more concerned about Tenka's reaction to finding out what he saw, rather than what Tenka might have seen.

Kagemitsu takes a seat, but waits for Tenka to finish serving the tea before he speaks. ]

You're not the one in trouble.

[ If he meets the people who hurt him, those people will be. No matter what, he will not let people hurt his family. He takes a deep breath, attempting to collect his thoughts into words to express them with. Firmly meets Tenka's gaze. He can't hide his concern any longer, though his voice is at least even. ]

A lot of pain and fear, and love. Tenka, I already knew that you love your brothers, but that showed me how far you are willing to go... You let those people hurt you for your brother's sake, right? That... [ He is silent for a few moments, searching for the right words. ] research... [ It sounds too innocent, to just call it that. ] I wish there had been another way, so you didn't have to suffer so much.

[ And he means it, of course he means it. He would mean it even if it had been a complete stranger, but it's different when it's Tenka, because Tenka is his family. ]

[sunshrouded]

[ . . . . hah. Of course Tenka's luck couldn't be that good. He listens intently as Kagemitsu speaks, even as his own gaze drops to the table once the other is done speaking. A breath in, a breath out - his shoulders rise and fall and he feels.... torn.

On the one hand, he is grateful that Kagemitsu was the one to receive his dream. Otherwise he's not sure if he would've been able to keep hiding it from his ancestor regardless. As is... gratified that he's not in trouble. The other understands that it was done for his brothers and so that he could continue living as a Kumou without having to worry anyone. Yet it was so painful and he was so scared....

Before he came here, he was still scared - almost waiting for the day that he would break. That feeling is gone now as he's looking for different alternatives but.... He sighs and eventually lives his head to face the other.]

I.... accept it. You're right, Kagemitsu-san, it was painful. I....

[-- went through a lot. Tenka knows he did, but he can't quite find the words for it. No, it would almost be too much for him to admit. Instead, he shakes his head.]

I'm looking for new ways now that we're here. This place has a lot of technology and medicine, you know? They gave me different medicine so I don't have to use the Orochi cells anymore, but I don't struggle to move. [ . . . ] I'm doing my best.

[firstcloud]

[ Kagemitsu isn't sure how it exactly works, but he knows he would do anything for his family, including Tenka and his brothers, so he gets it. He wouldn't want anything bad to happen to any of his descendants, but he understands. He is sure he only understands a fragment how painful it must have been to Tenka, from what he saw in his dream, and he's not going to claim to get how it must have felt. But he will give his support, in any way that he possibly can, because Tenka is important. He would have been upset over a treatment like the one that Tenka faced if it had been someone unrelated to him, too, but it makes it much more tangible when it's his family being hurt.

He listens silently and patiently as Tenka talks, not wanting to force him to say anything he doesn't want to, or interrupt him or try to make him hurry up. Tenka can take all the time that he needs, even if he needed hours or more to express himself. Kagemitsu reaches out and takes one of Tenka's hands in his, hoping to be able to reassure him, somehow. He's not sure what he could say that could help him. He wishes he knew. ]

That's great, Tenka. If this place it helping in any way, I'm glad. [ He really is. This place might cause bad things to happen sometimes, but at least Tenka doesn't have to take those Cells any more. ] If you'll let me, I want to help you out in any way, okay? [ He can't do much, but if there's anything, anything at all, that he can do for his dear boy, then he will do it. ]