[i am willing. kaede is the head of their clan. who else could be accountable? but she respects the milky-jade woman for this statement. it says that the lady ichimonji is to be believed, at least in this one regard. they will be little more than gilded servants. this chews at kaede in a way she does not think it will disturb the others. her children were born to nobility, but they have yet to see much hint of its trappings. the emperor and empress. she tries to assume how he will be: elegant, implacable, demanding. she wonders if the other before her truly has the power to keep her from the harem. for once she hopes not to be beautiful, to be overlooked. i thank you. we will come. her bow is low, courtly. she holds it for a long moment before she too, straightens. it is a dismissal, and at the sound of this odd shift, kaede turns, intending to head for her small camp.]

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should we backdate a group thread or assume they met BTS? im game either way <3

i am willing. kaede is the head of their clan. who else could be accountable? but she respects the milky-jade woman for this statement. it says that the lady ichimonji is to be believed, at least in this one regard.

they will be little more than gilded servants. this chews at kaede in a way she does not think it will disturb the others. her children were born to nobility, but they have yet to see much hint of its trappings.

the emperor and empress. she tries to assume how he will be: elegant, implacable, demanding. she wonders if the other before her truly has the power to keep her from the harem.

for once she hopes not to be beautiful, to be overlooked.

i thank you. we will come.

her bow is low, courtly. she holds it for a long moment before she too, straightens. it is a dismissal, and at the sound of this odd shift, kaede turns, intending to head for her small camp.