[ of all of the memories that ookurikara could have picked up, this one isn't so bad. it's painful, in that a bitter part of him recognizes the echoes of what was lost, in that the student in front of him became someone...
...well. luckily, he doesn't get that much time to process it, because ookurikara's memory comes right after. yin yu blinks back to reality when it returns to him, surprised. there were a lot of things going on in that (.... time travel?) but, the sense of determination that ookurikara must have been feeling was hard to miss.
he nearly doesn't answer the question, coming back to it with a pause. ]
...If... I have a useful skill that can protect others, then I would like to teach it. It has been many, many years since I had any sort of disciple or shidi of my own. [ but, with that memory, it should be obvious that he loved doing it. yin yu really, really loved it. he had earned his title, back then, as head disciple. as-- as someone. ] ...but I am happy to help teach her, and others, yes.
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...well. luckily, he doesn't get that much time to process it, because ookurikara's memory comes right after. yin yu blinks back to reality when it returns to him, surprised. there were a lot of things going on in that (.... time travel?) but, the sense of determination that ookurikara must have been feeling was hard to miss.
he nearly doesn't answer the question, coming back to it with a pause. ]
...If... I have a useful skill that can protect others, then I would like to teach it. It has been many, many years since I had any sort of disciple or shidi of my own. [ but, with that memory, it should be obvious that he loved doing it. yin yu really, really loved it. he had earned his title, back then, as head disciple. as-- as someone. ] ...but I am happy to help teach her, and others, yes.