heaven / uruha

[midway]

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[midway]

[ not the depression

Peers at him. ]

Feeling overwhelmed?

[kumeyuri]

[dw about it]

This place is pretty weird. Then again, that can be said about most places here...

[midway]

[ Starts wandering. ]

But some are weird in a negative sense, and I don't think this qualifies.

[kumeyuri]

Yeah, it's just... [struggles to think of a better word] weird. Kind of like something out of a kid's fairy tale, I guess.

[midway]

Are these the kinds of things you dreamt up when you played make believe?

[kumeyuri]

I didn't really play that kind of thing?

[midway]

So what did you daydream about?

[kumeyuri]

Well, it's more like when I wasn't focused on the sword, I was doing theater.

[wahoo as we go into popular fan headcanon territory. but yeah why play make believe if you're already acting out stories.]

[midway]

[ THIS ANSWER

but o: ]

Theatre? Ah, like that instrument that you played?

[kumeyuri]

That was part of it, yes.

[midway]

What else? Did you act?

[kumeyuri]

Some acting and dancing, yes.

[midway]

Is that what you wanted to do? Before you were dragged into this conflict?

[kumeyuri]

The sword has always been my primary focus. [said simply.] I guess you could say this was more of a backup.

[something that also made for a more viable career during peaceful times.]

[midway]

Was there already conflict when you were a kid?

[kumeyuri]

[shakes his head]

Not until my teenage years. Back when I trained as a kid, I didn't expect that my skills would be put to test during wartime.

[midway]

Why'd you pick up the sword during a time of peace then?

[ confusion ]

[kumeyuri]

It's not that uncommon where I'm from—training in dojos and the like. Japan has a pretty big culture around swords.

[midway]

... Training for fun?

[ he's like

totally baffled ]

[kumeyuri]

Yeah. Think of swordsmanship as also like... an art form? Or a form of discipline.

[midway]

Ah, so you're just a renaissance man.

[kumeyuri]

If that's what you want to call it.

Though it's true that nowadays, people don't really carry a sword in public unless they have criminal ties, or they need one for self-defence.

[midway]

But the war wasn't that far back, was it?

[kumeyuri]

[truly dazed trying to tag this back after killing you]

Eighteen years ago. Recent enough for those of us in it to remember, long enough ago that it's history to those young enough.

[midway]

[ hehe

squinting at him ]

I really do keep forgetting you're practically twice my age.