𝒪𝓅𝑒𝓃 𝓅𝑜𝓈𝓉 🏛️

[indigently]

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apologies for taking a bit, i've been a little under the weather the last few weeks!! 🥺

[desideration]

[ It's subtle details such as these that tell much of a person's character. The Kamisato household isn't one that insists foreign visitors should conform to local customs, but Kaveh has made a genuine effort regardless. Another valuable piece of insight for Ayato to place among the variety of favorable conclusions he's made about the man.

He curiously eyes Kaveh as he sorts through his vocabulary for the proper adjective. The word he settles with has Ayato chuckling a second time, and a wave of his hand dismisses Kaveh's worries. ] No, not at all. I can hardly blame you for believing that to be the case. In fact, I wouldn't hesitate to say that in some cases it's been true. Gratefully, those types find less and less success these days.

[ Those types have left behind their share of messes to be cleaned up, of course, but they tend to be insignificant in the scheme of things.

Ayato bows his head just enough to give proper acknowledgement to Kaveh's kind sentiments. ] I'm honored that you think so. My personal experience is no where near as vast as many of my colleagues, but I have still learned a thing or two over the years. The simple qualities of respect and understanding go a rather long way, I've found. It's much easier to bring people together with them than without them.

not at all! I'm still recovering from sickness myself so I totally understand ♥

[indigently]

[ It's charming, he thinks, how Ayato seems genuinely humbled by his words; yet another sign of why the man in question is above so many of his peers, at least in Kaveh's mind. His acceptance of the realities of the situation is simple and honest, and he speaks of being "honored" over an observation Kaveh by rights had to make. For a young man having only recently escaped the drama of his— and other— Darshans being involved in a plot to overthrow their Archon's power, hearing a leader talk of "respect and understanding" is a reprieve to say the least.

And yet, the Kamisato lord's face is a young one; he's surely not much older than Kaveh is himself. The thought of wielding that much power— that much pressure— is overwhelming, even in naught but imagination. ]

I imagine it must have been a difficult learning curve for you. Perhaps as an outsider it's not my place to say, but... mm, it's impressive nonetheless.

[ It's not quite what Kaveh wants to say. The healer's soul in him wants to question him, to ask if it was everything of which he dreamed for himself, or if he feels burdened by the weight of family in the same way he himself does. He wants to ask what Ayato wanted for his own life, before the leadership of a clan and an entire Commission was passed on to him.

But he is an employee, and they are strangers, so Kaveh keeps his mouth shut. ]

i hope you're feeling better!! 🥺

[desideration]

[ Ayato, too, has his curiosity. There's little room in his life to seek the stories of those he meets, to connect beyond the surface and learn from the tales they tell, but he wonders all the same. Kaveh has permitted him a small glimpse past the curtain of polite conversation, and he cannot help that what he sees has him entertaining questions he will likely never have answers for. What experiences have tumbled through Kaveh's life and left him polished where there were once rough edges? Has he always spoken his mind so freely, or does he do so because he has regrets?

Of course, it's his right to open the curtain further no more than it is Kaveh's to look underneath his mask as Commissioner. He finds it quaint enough that he's met a person so intriguing at all. ]

Having come from another place doesn't bar you from having your own thoughts. [ This is not a stance Inazuma itself has encouraged, and he knows that far better than others like him. Thus he must do his part to dispel such notions of old-fashioned bigotry. ]

I was fortunate to have worthy role models in my youth. Even then, there have been many challenges in need of creative thinking and the counsel of wise allies to solve. Despite the differences of our chosen paths, I imagine you have a similar past with your years of studying artistic pursuits, no?