[ why? because it's lonely at the top, no matter how strong you are. hiyori knows this because she met the strongest war god in the Japanese pantheon. she hid her emotions, smiled through the pain, for the sake of her shinki but

how lonely, hiyori thought. not to have anybody to confide in. to be surrounded by people you care about but have them also pretend everything is okay for your sake when it wasn't. she slants a smile at ishmael. ]

If that were the case, I might've belonged there too. [ when the right buttons are pressed, anyway. there's a pause and hiyori moves to fan so she's speaking behind it. ]

... I know it's sort of against the rules, but if you ever want to come to Redemption to hang out you're personally more than welcome to knock on my door. Honestly, I think the rule is kinda silly.