She doesn't recognise that tree.
She's been here before, she's not that far from the estate, this isn't some unknown place. She must've taken a wrong turn, of course, but where? She should probably just try to retrace her steps, Jaol will be incredibly mad at her...
"Yours, there probably is enough history here that we could compare and figure it out."
"Yeah. Unfortunately the knowledge I have myself only goes back a few generations, plus some myths, and is pretty biased towards my clan."
"This whole clan thing is also weird—or, rather, the insularity? It's like you're little nearly-noninteracting bubbles who only clash with each other when it would be much more productive to trade."
"We do interact with each other some, and we trade with civilians all the time. There's allied clans, too, that inter-marry, come to each other's defense, that sort of thing. The rivalry between the Uchiha and Senju, and similar rivalries between other clans, drives a lot, but most of it's that the daimyo keep hiring us to fight, and there aren't exactly that many sources of income going around. You'd have to see why the daimyo are fighting, too, and I'm pretty sure that's almost entirely lust for power."
Yeah, Tetsuma thinks that's a good course of action.
He can work on the transformation jutsu while Dayo works on genjutsu, which, since it involves untransforming repeatedly, is a fairly uncomfortable process. He offers Dayo a kiss for every genjutsu milestone, and solicits kisses for each improvement in the transformation.
Very much so!
Tetsuma also gets gradually more comfortable with resting hands on places, or playing with hair, or kissing a bit more enthusiastically.
Is that so. He will keep Tetsuma's pace—it's probably understood by now that he's perfectly comfortable with whatever Testuma wants to do.
Yeah, it is, and Tetsuma appreciates that. He's just - still very much new at this, though really all things considered he's adjusting to the idea of kisses (and maybe more) pretty rapidly.
He really is! Tetsuma just wants to adjust quickly. Because Dayo's fun and kisses are super fun. And being shy is - frustrating.
It's like seeing a really tall tree you want to climb, and you know it's safe, but some part of your brain's going 'but that's high!' Like, yes, that's the point.
Though Tetsuma really appreciates how not-shy Dayo is. This would be just about impossible if they were both shy. (He expresses this sentiment with lots of kisses.)
He's sure it wouldn't be impossible, surely shy people sometimes date other shy people?
Possibly. He probably would've eventually approached Dayo on his own. Still, Tetsuma likes Dayo's not-shyness.
They can continue not-shyly kissing and practising genjutsu, then.
(Wow genjutsu is fun he likes genjutsu.)
Tetsuma manages to improve the transformation slightly, but it increases the chakra required kind of dramatically. Still. Progress.
Tetsuma also works on Dayo's language; he mostly does this by asking how to say things like 'kiss me' or 'you're very handsome.'
...well that's adorable and he really really is as nonpressuring as he can be but gosh those are some longing looks he's sometimes letting through.
Tetsuma blushes when he notices the looks.
...He still needs to think, but that look is definitely going in the 'pros' column.
Tetsuma is fully willing to keep this up until they're interrupted (by hunger or the captain).
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