Indeed. The times that I was home, sleep would avoid me and I would patrol the boundary, the buildings..
[ The thought makes him warm as much as it makes him ache, but that same familiarity of a fellow shinobi is a comfort too. ]
..My squadron too. I would take first watch and let them sleep..they soon learned to draw lots and strong arm me into at least second watch, if not third.
[ He huffs with quiet laughter, mercifully masked by the rain and he can almost feel Oshidori's respectful, but iron filled gaze on him as she fixed the lots. It's strange, he doesn't know why at all he's sharing this memory, but there's a softness to it, something like another camp fire, a broad grin and a warm arm about his shoulders and Houou realises suddenly that it's not his nature.
...Kawauso.
It's like waking from a dream and Houou shakes his head, to clear the fog, but it persists. He's still not all that right then. ]
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[ The thought makes him warm as much as it makes him ache, but that same familiarity of a fellow shinobi is a comfort too. ]
..My squadron too. I would take first watch and let them sleep..they soon learned to draw lots and strong arm me into at least second watch, if not third.
[ He huffs with quiet laughter, mercifully masked by the rain and he can almost feel Oshidori's respectful, but iron filled gaze on him as she fixed the lots. It's strange, he doesn't know why at all he's sharing this memory, but there's a softness to it, something like another camp fire, a broad grin and a warm arm about his shoulders and Houou realises suddenly that it's not his nature.
...Kawauso.
It's like waking from a dream and Houou shakes his head, to clear the fog, but it persists. He's still not all that right then. ]