[Not exactly, anyway. But she presses on to elaborate. She doesn't have to hide who she is from Kevin, so she can actually speak about her past. It's been so long since she's even had the chance.]
When I was younger, I used to travel a lot. It was a part of my job, back then.
[She doesn't bring up the fact that she was basically an assassin; someone who had to take out those of her clan that became way too dangerous.]
But you want to know where I came from? Well, it's true that I'm not a local, even if I am a kami. Although I wasn't always one.
[And there are times where she feels like she doesn't deserve the title. That it's just something that was just given to her after the stories about her changed over the years.]
My home is a rather small village; a place where everyone knew each other. Over the years, many things changed. Even though everyone knew each other -- a lot of the people in the village doubted one another, and eventually that led to fear. And that fear eventually led to a lot of pain and suffering for a long time. It's gotten better now, recently, thanks to a few people learning to work together, to trust one another to create their own miracles, but there's still a lot of work to be done.
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"Sheltered"... well, I wouldn't say that.
[Not exactly, anyway. But she presses on to elaborate. She doesn't have to hide who she is from Kevin, so she can actually speak about her past. It's been so long since she's even had the chance.]
When I was younger, I used to travel a lot. It was a part of my job, back then.
[She doesn't bring up the fact that she was basically an assassin; someone who had to take out those of her clan that became way too dangerous.]
But you want to know where I came from? Well, it's true that I'm not a local, even if I am a kami. Although I wasn't always one.
[And there are times where she feels like she doesn't deserve the title. That it's just something that was just given to her after the stories about her changed over the years.]
My home is a rather small village; a place where everyone knew each other. Over the years, many things changed. Even though everyone knew each other -- a lot of the people in the village doubted one another, and eventually that led to fear. And that fear eventually led to a lot of pain and suffering for a long time. It's gotten better now, recently, thanks to a few people learning to work together, to trust one another to create their own miracles, but there's still a lot of work to be done.
It's a really gorgeous place, though.