(D6 EA) For Last Night's Favors (Expecting/Open)

[Hiruma Roger]

"My wife marched south to fight the enemy seven years ago"

[Asahina Sanaharu]

He lowered his head in mourn. "I'm sorry to have asked."

[Hiruma Roger]

"I am hardly the only widower on the wall. " he pauses, "She died honorably, and my daughter is looking forward to following in her foot steps."

[Asahina Sanaharu]

"Our Clans are allies, and our pains are shared. My lord... just lost his first son and his mother. Sometimes I think about how lucky am I never to have mourned."

[Hiruma Roger]

"To mourn is our duty, if a Samurai is not dying for his lord, his life is wasted. As such many samurai die, it is a part of life. Those who live, should celebrate the fallen not mourn them, they instead should mourn those still among the living, for they will still know pain as they do their own duty."

[Asahina Sanaharu]

"To die is to be liberated into Yomi if a soul is enough pure, but to live is the opportunity to purify it such. Their lives shall always be remembered by the living, nevertheless."
He takes more tea.
"And those who are ill should seek treatment, for their lives are still useful for their lords and their allies alike."

[Hiruma Roger]

"is someone ill and in need of treatment?"

[Asahina Sanaharu]

"I worry for the second son of my lord and Otomo Saisei-sama both."

[Hiruma Roger]

He frowns under the mask, "Do you know what ails them? Have Crane healers failed?"

[Asahina Sanaharu]

"Mundane healers have not shown any progress. When I had left Cold Wind City, they had not called a shugenja. It was a battle wound that refuses to heal."

[Hiruma Roger]

"It seems weird that Asahina lands would turn to peasant hearlers over priests, especially if the wound refuses to heal naturally it implies more of a spiritual ailment then a physical one.'"

[Asahina Sanaharu]

"I live in Cold Wind City, Hiruma-sama. It is on the Kakita provinces, and harsh to travel over by land. Me and Masao-ue have arrived by the fleet of a ship here."

[Hiruma Roger]

He bows, "I apologize I am not familiar with all the smaller Crane ports, Even most Kakita provinces have Asahina on call I would think. Is there a reason you had to come so far outside of Crane lands to request help? Are you needing one of the Crab Physcians to return home with you? I know Kuni Takeshi-sama as our court medical expert would be more then happy to offer his expertise if needed."

[Asahina Sanaharu]

"I would not tell this my lord in a thousand years, Hiruma-sama, but I worry that he may have the kind of injury or curse that needs to be treated with jade. He was before a soldier in the war that plagued this land before this marriage decreed peace. It would not be a far-fetched thought. Any aid would be appreciated."

[Hiruma Roger]

"There is no injury that can be treated with jade. Jade is a detection device not a treatment device. If it is an issue that requires Jade to detect, then Jade Petal Tea would be the treatment, something the Kuni can provide, and do freely to those who need it."

[Asahina Sanaharu]

"This was but an expression, Hiruma-sama. It is foul for us to speak directly about what is foul. But if, in the light of this peace, we could aid each other as friends do, I would be the most blessed."

[Hiruma Roger]

"The Crab have more freedom in that area, since the foul is with us always, we do not dance around the subject. And you should never use it as an expression if it is not what you mean, that is how dangerous rumors start. If it is a spirtual ailment that does not mean it is from the south. If it is from the South then that can easily be dealt with, one way or another. I can ask Takeshi-sama, the head of the local Kuni to have someone travel with you home if that is what you want. They can investigate, discreetly. "

[Asahina Sanaharu]

"If it is a harmful habit indeed, it shall be corrected. I will find other ways to express myself about this matter, Hiruma-sama." He bows, seated. "Investigation and aid both, I would be the one most blessed. Thank you, Hiruma-sama, for the offered help and advice. I could not ask for a most dutiful ally. Know my voice and my biwa are yours should you ever need."

[Hiruma Roger]

"You mentioned that you share similar concerns for one of the Otomo? or was that just a turn of phrase as well?" "

[Asahina Sanaharu]

"Saisei-sama seemed weak, and his eyes were red. His voice barely went through, and he took effort to stand."

[Hiruma Roger]

"And you believe this may be a southern affliction? Has he consulted with priests and physicians yet?"

[Asahina Sanaharu]

"I believe it better to be related to yesterday's curse. I believe he should already have been checked up by Kuni Junza-sama."

[Hiruma Roger]

"If this Kuni Junza has already dealt with both the curse and Otomo's affliction, then I will be sure to speak to Takeshi-sama on your behalf and ask him to arrange for someone to visit your lord."

[Asahina Sanaharu]

"Thank you a thousand times, again, Hiruma-sama." He bows, seated. Masao would like to hear this. "I wonder... You wear not the paintings of the Kuni, and your wife was a bushi, is it right?"

[Hiruma Roger]

"Hai, I am not of the Kuni family, nor was I trained by them, I was instead trained in the ways of the Yogo Wardmasters. My Wife was a Hiruma, I took her name when we married."