what will you do?

Hattori said nothing, his gaze dark like a clouded over horizon. It was clear that after being left adrift for so long she yearned for a cause and purpose, to move beyond simply existing. Could Ashen and in turn Hattori provide such a thing? The Shogun regarded her for a moment longer, casting his memory back to when they'd fought a walrus together, how she'd been the only one to voice discontent in Incendium. He loathed to admit it, but he'd been like her once and even now felt a twinge of satisfaction, as though his life was not following the path it really ought to.

But he wasn't going to try and unpack that right now. Not here.

"I do not want anything from you." Which came across colder than he'd intended, but true nonetheless. "If you wish to find a place within Ashen, you have my blessing."