[Kamikaze Chinchilla]

"Indeed. He has the ability to be a priest. He has the talents for it," he just didn't have the right head for it. She'd have to make sure that his sister kept a tight leash on him or else something might get out of place. She shook her head, watching as her companion walked into the other room.

Arata smiled, and wiggled closer to her, 'But his back is turned! Can you imagine how much fun it would be to sneak up on him?' he thought back to Rie. He was tempted to crawl right out without Rie and pounce on the elder for fun, but Rie had enough time to answer before the elder could actually leave the room.

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He had blurted it out without control over what he was saying earlier, so he knew that the boy wouldn't be entirely incorrect in saying that he had gone insane. However, Nobuo wasn't going to back down from this, how someone could just speak to him in a condescending manner, especially from someone who had hurt someone that he cared about...or at least at the moment he did, and didn't know why when all she was doing was making him upset earlier. He growled, "Well maybe it's time for a change. People should go with whom they have feelings for and shouldn't be restricted by outdated laws and traditions. And you..." Nobuo knelt down, checking Fumiko's pulse, and then wiped the blood off of her lips. He picked up the sword and then stood up and glared at the boy, "You might be laughing now, but we will see if you will have that same reaction in the future." Nobuo couldn't believe what he was saying, or the way he was acting and feeling.