Training of Toshi

Toshi blushes a little at the concern when he thinks she isn't looking which looks adorable

She unfortunately is unable to see it , too busy grabbing a clean fresh scroll , some ink and a brush which she quickly lays out on a small easel . With calm concise strokes she draws ink from the well and begins writing out the incantation in some strange ancient version of Nihoni.

Toshi begins committing the symbols to memory

Each stroke is meticulous , flowing and drawn out , and they almost draw his vision in as she writes them out until they seem to cover almost the whole scroll. Then with the same still focused calm she pulls out a needle and pricks her finger , pressing on the wound to draw more blood , then begins to write out a single red symbol in the midst of all the black.

Toshiro know how they work... he has read books

(Most tentai do not really read up on this stuff u see)

(Knowledgeable is not one of his traits for nothing)

(I just figured if he knew how they worked he'd at least dabble )

(I said he did, just a bit)

After a while of waiting the scroll begins to release a red smoke "Alright , it's about done."

"You're really good at that" toshiro observed the speed in which she went about it

"When one has seen as many deaths as I have Oji-san , they begin to realize that proficiency with such a skill will often be a matter of the highest importance." She replies as she ties her long black shining locks up into a compact and efficient bun. Then after reciting a short prayer , grabs a small razor sharp blade from the set of tools and cuts the section of paper off from the rest of the scroll. Gently she lifts it up and lays it down across his shoulders , and immediately he feels a soothing penetrating warmth cascade through his very body.

"I've seen more than a few deaths, just most of them not on my side. I suppose i'm lucky, in... well in a lot of ways really I can shoot lightning from my hands." He contemplated how great he had it. He did not feel at all guilty about it, perhaps that made him selfish, but he didn't really care about being selfish or not, it was just how the chips fell and he was glad they fell in his favor.

"Are you just realizing this now?" She asks bemused by his words.

"I hadn't really thought about it." He admited

"Well late is better than never oji." She replies with a sigh.

"Why is that?" Toshiro asked, he saw it as more a neat little revalation than one of any real importance

"Many live their whole lives without ever realizing how fortunate they are, and so they disregard others problems without the slightest care , not truly realizing how much worse other they may have it , these are the men who can order a village slaughtered on a whim."

"I like to think I was never that big a dick" Toshiro said with a shrug "I have my faults and I don't always choose to do the wright thing, but slaughtering innocent people like that, even yogore is just sick." Toshi may have been a bit radical in that department actually, what with samurai being entirely allowed to test their weapons on them

"Well it is a relief to hear you attest to such beliefs oji-san ." She replies with a small , yet genuine smile "Yet now the morning is here , and you cannot stay much longer lest rumors begin to abound ."

Toshiro cheerfully nodded at that and returned the genuine smile, he was glad she wasn't one of the murder the peasantry to test out her new sword types. He stood and asked "Will we be training later this morning?"

"Yes , I will meet you back at the fortress around noon , get some food and prepare , clear?" She replies with a firm nod.

"Clear, I look forward to seeing you again" He confirmed, and headed back toward the town and the inn where he could get some food

As he sits down he feels a hand on his shoulder.

Toshi turns to see who it is