taking stock

Hattori nodded. Whether it was truly an empire these days was debatable, as from what he'd seen it was not truly united as it should be, or as the name implied. There were too many differing opinions and ways of life tugging in different directions, but he supposed none of it matter to him any more. Not when he was so far removed from it all, content to do his own thing in peace and quiet.

She went onto claim she was of common blood, which seemed unlikely to Hattori, making him furrow his brows a little as he worked. Markings like that were not for the common folk, so either she was a bastard child of some clan leader who had gone awry, or she wasn't entirely telling the truth. Not that he intended to say as much, it didn't ultimately matter here in Tojo where they were starting afresh. Doing things the right way the first time.

"That is fine." He said, rather offhandedly. "Lineage isn't enough to warrant a wolf's value." That was one of his many issues with the Klein name in general, they wore it like a badge of honour. "You do well here and that is enough."