"Oh...well that's real kind of you Ikoma-sama."Ikoma Aya wrote: ↑Fri Nov 19, 2021 12:46 am
Rin's remark on their training got a small grin out of the girl. "Oh... we'll both thwack each other a number of times, no doubts there, Suzume-san".
The story got her serious again, though. And apparently... somewhat uncertain. She blinked a few times, finding no words.
Another nod - more a bow, really - and she finally said... something.
"Your great-grandfather... seemed like a good man, Suzume-san. An honourable man."
More silence.
"I... can't know what happened. It isn't my place to judge, but by his actions, he was a kind and honourable man. Sometimes that's all that matters, ne?"
Her eyes couldn't quite meet the Sparrow's as she said that, and when she was done talking she seemed to wipe something off one eyes. Or maybe scratch it. Might be some sort of allergy, really...
One way or another, she bowed again. "I... really look forward to sparring with you again, Suzume Rin-san. A skilled bushi of honourable ancestry." When her eyes went up for a split second before shifting away again, there seemed to be a melancholic smile hiding somewhere in there. "Ne?"
Rin looks up with clear relief.
"I'm uh...yeah, I would look forward to sparring again. Not very often I get to spar with someone so talented or so um...compassionate. You didn't have to say those things about my great-granfather, but you did anyway."
For her part Rin turns around and makes a poor impression of a sneeze before dabbing at her face with her handkerchief.
"I should be going, just interrupting your training time now. But later in the week I'd really appreciate the chance to see your stance again. Even if it means another whacking."
Rin bows once more.