"it is ruored that you were pnng on askg for a transfer fro his and to what extent is this true?"

"none of it is true"

"none?"

"it is an absotely false ci"

"where do your loyalties lie, taishou?"

"with heaven"

"or is it with tenpou gensui?"

"" his teeth clenched "fu-"

"don't answer, taishou" gouj ordered, cuttg after a long day's nteptive silence, starg hard at the ittee of terogators tacit derision, purposely overlookg his general's alost-transgression "that is already out of the spe of the vestigation thank you you are disissed kenren taishou ill call upon you if needed"

he puttered around the western ary's hog plex, turng fro one rridor to the next and when tenpou's unguarded door caught his eye, he passed to another rridor to ph it fro his sight stark hallould give way to eborate balnies overlookg the central garden and its gurglg waterfall balnies would give way to endless stairhich would give way to ore balnies that gave a view to the sa garden and sa waterfall fro every nceivable angle a byrth that had only one true destation: his own roo, kenren ncded as he sped his wandergs to kick his idlg d to so sebnce of resotion

and so he puttered, sokg, the direction of his roo when a disgtgly overly energetic ajor crossed his path and sated as if it were 3 p and not 3 a give hi a few ore centuries and he'll start to get zy, kenren ncded

"kenren taishou! i' gd i found you!"

kenren offered hi a cigarette, which was (obvioly) refed due to the fact that the " the ilitary anual given to durg trag it is stated specifically on page 5834, paragraph 3, les 4 through"

it's always the fresh young ones

"cut the protol and jt tell what the hell's gotten you so riled up"

"we've been called to duty!" he seed unnecessarily nfed

"you're not that new, kid" kenren scratched the back of his head, lookg down at the young ajor with a look of grog exasperation he shouldn't have had to deal with the psychological trauas of green soldiers ere still scared shitless when it ca to youkai, battlefields, and fast won (poor souls) "arch bravely for the glory and honor of heaven and all that crap but reber, if you're ever disard, rip their eyes out"