[... She has spoken too much. Hayame feels that clearly in this moment, when the man who she finally knows is named Liem asks her a question she wasn't prepared for.
Why. It was such a simple and dangerous question. Why. She had rarely tried to explain herself, never had to explain herself, because who wanted an explanation from a jinba meant to serve and who would risk speaking to someone as standoffish and difficult as she was? At a certain point, she stopped asking herself "why", too.
But even though she opens her mouth to refuse to answer... She remembers.
If she dies here, in this gods forsaken land of Horos... No one will ever remember Yubari. No one will remember Matsukaze. ... Very few people would remember her.]
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Why. It was such a simple and dangerous question. Why. She had rarely tried to explain herself, never had to explain herself, because who wanted an explanation from a jinba meant to serve and who would risk speaking to someone as standoffish and difficult as she was? At a certain point, she stopped asking herself "why", too.
But even though she opens her mouth to refuse to answer... She remembers.
If she dies here, in this gods forsaken land of Horos... No one will ever remember Yubari. No one will remember Matsukaze. ... Very few people would remember her.]
... Do women become warriors, in your land?
[Perhaps. If she starts there.]