[At first Hijikata feels vindictive joy as he sees her expression turn from mild interest to alertness and then to shock, but there's a jab of guilt in the mix. He has a sadistic streak, it can't be denied, but he feels like he's betraying Darin's wish for him to forgive Caster, all the more after he found out earlier on this very Valentine's Day that the young blacksmith is gone from Avalon. Isn't he partly just taking his overall abysmal day out on her?
When she responds in writing it gives him pause. Those short, unpunctuated, jumbled lines... what do they remind him of? He's still angry at her - he practically feels personally targeted by her at the rate they've been having unpleasant run-ins -, but is it really right to torment her like this? Darin would be disappointed, and so would Kondou back home. He struggles with his conflicting feelings for a moment, then mercy wins out, though he stays detached and factual in his response.]
I'm not lying. But I saw that someone in another thread told you about Yomi, the underworld of the Shinto religion. The heaven and hell I'm speaking of are part of Buddhism. Both are major religions in Japan.
[There's her way out. It's too bad that Ryuudou Temple, Caster and Souichirou's base of operations, was very much a Buddhist temple, but how is he supposed to know that?]
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When she responds in writing it gives him pause. Those short, unpunctuated, jumbled lines... what do they remind him of? He's still angry at her - he practically feels personally targeted by her at the rate they've been having unpleasant run-ins -, but is it really right to torment her like this? Darin would be disappointed, and so would Kondou back home. He struggles with his conflicting feelings for a moment, then mercy wins out, though he stays detached and factual in his response.]
I'm not lying. But I saw that someone in another thread told you about Yomi, the underworld of the Shinto religion. The heaven and hell I'm speaking of are part of Buddhism. Both are major religions in Japan.
[There's her way out. It's too bad that Ryuudou Temple, Caster and Souichirou's base of operations, was very much a Buddhist temple, but how is he supposed to know that?]