shifting tides

Hattori noted the change in his cousin's demeanour, so sharp and sudden it was unmissable. Like the tides shifting, receding in front of the Kaichos very eyes. He blinked slowly and decided he was done here, nothing more needed to be said for now. It was Raijin's problem, not his own, one he ought to fix sooner rather than lately. Hattori did not want to step into other's personal affairs and it felt as though this was enough, that he'd gotten dangerously close to stepping over his own boundaries.

”That is all.” He said, his tone low and final. A deep contrast to the peace of the forest.