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⠀ ⠀⠀ ⠀⠀ ⠀a deadness had came about the ronin's eyes. he knew too well of the figure before him , too many tales which ended in a morbid end. kazuha , however , was determined not to let it be him. ` runaway ronin ? ah , i see that inazumans maintain the
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⠀ ⠀⠀ ⠀⠀ ⠀you motioned to begin discussion with only the ladies , tomo and i are the only gentlemen. two and two being pieced together suggests there's something you refuse to tell us.
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⠀ ⠀⠀ ⠀⠀ ⠀was all else he could utter. for too long kazuha had let the guilt and what ifs eat him inside: what if he was a minute earlier , what if he never told him of the musou no hitotachi.
⠀ ⠀⠀ ⠀⠀ ⠀but at least now , those thoughts could go to rest.
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⠀ ⠀⠀ ⠀⠀ ⠀all he could do was tighten his grip at easing words. there was clarity in tomo's message , as was there an understanding that it was real ——— but why ? why return for him , a failed samurai of an obsolete clan , of whom couldn't
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⠀ ⠀⠀ ⠀⠀ ⠀` thank you. ` were the words that quivered beneath the barrage of tears. ` i'm sorry. `
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⠀ ⠀⠀ ⠀⠀ ⠀` i'm foreign myself. had the name not made it evident , i come from inazuma. ` and he'd then invite himself to sit besides his fellow anemo , legs folded as posture remained straightened. ` i assume you come here for business ? `
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⠀ ⠀⠀ ⠀⠀ ⠀mondstadt ——— oh , how curious indeed. kazuha knew the art of the wanderer well , second only to that of his blade , and therefore knew more of exploration than many would ever dream of. he wouldn't trade his experiences of teyvat for the world ,
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