-Tojiko... hadn't expected that level of honesty. She'd wanted it, but still... just that one word spoke volumes. And explained so much... Maybe... maybe she had been a bit cruel to Futo, with all those expectations she had placed on her shoulder. She had suspected, but never quite known how much Futo had really done in the downfall of her own clan. All Tojiko knew of Futo in that era... was the kind, gentle woman that had helped raise her into who she was standing there that day. It was... easier to pretend that was all there was. And because of that...-
no subject
... And I am a coward, too.