blood warden
10-20-2020, 11:47 AM
The sky burned a mix of reds and oranges as the sun began to set, dipping beneath the horizon as Hattori stood guard outside the palace. It wasn't a job he'd been officially assigned, rather a responsibly he'd taken up on his own accord. However demeaning it seemed, standing around on idle paws, he'd taken it as an opportunity to watch and learn, to know things. Talk of Habari had reached his ears, that the Empire was expanding before his very eyes. On a surface level it appeared to be a good thing, that the Ashen influence was spreading further to the east but on the other paw he found a sharp sense of scepticism settling in the back of his mind. It was true he'd never formally met Recluse and thus he couldn't yet conclude as to whether she'd serve to be a capable leader but from his perspective it all seemed a little convenient, no? Recluse was vying for more power whilst the Empire was still in the throes of change. More than that it striked him as odd that she intended to publicly claim Habari was unassociated with Ashen and yet settle close to it's borders. Was Hattori simply being an "ignorant foreigner" or was something truly amiss, only time would tell it seemed.
Glancing over his shoulder to the palace that laid behind him, Hattori's brows furrowed. Aside from the slaves going about their daily menial tasks it had been fairly quiet, not unexpected given that many Kleins favoured the night over day.