Why would I partake in a competition you are going to annihilate? [A soft snort; duuuuuh, he's the musician and you're the poet, bossman. But, uh. Time to stop blowing on the sake and actually take a sip himself. Take a fucking sip, babes.]
You do not need my failures to make yourself shine, so I will spare you that much. That you are both like treasures to me is a simple, bare-faced fact of life, not poetry.
[Okay enough coy maiden bullshit. There's enough lazy sear running through him right now that he feels bold enough to duck around for a kiss to the cheek, like this is normal and they're just awkwardly courting lovers instead of Fucking Dokuganryuu And His Right Eye. But is anyone paying them any mind?
Does Kojuro care if they are, right now? It's the worst kept secret of the era.] I would much rather hear you speak poetry, Lord Masamune.
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You do not need my failures to make yourself shine, so I will spare you that much. That you are both like treasures to me is a simple, bare-faced fact of life, not poetry.
[Okay enough coy maiden bullshit. There's enough lazy sear running through him right now that he feels bold enough to duck around for a kiss to the cheek, like this is normal and they're just awkwardly courting lovers instead of Fucking Dokuganryuu And His Right Eye. But is anyone paying them any mind?
Does Kojuro care if they are, right now? It's the worst kept secret of the era.] I would much rather hear you speak poetry, Lord Masamune.