Kirie turned as the whispers of 'Samurai' rippled across the field and whipped her glaive back down into a low position, cutting the pattern dance she'd been exercising through short with a bow to the appropriate mastery and slinging the weapon onto her back as she strode towards the gate.  She cut a formidable figure as she stepped into view, taut muscle standing out on her bare skin, sweat making a slight sheen on her while her orange kimono -rumpled by practice held in the armor laid over it- outlined her proportions nicely.<br/><br/>She took one look at Reiko and then rolled her eyes at the guard girl.  "She's obviously no Oni, she lacks any of the traits, honestly, do you read no tales?"  The girl standing there was indeed strange but she looked quite human despite her odd attire and the sword she held was stranger still, startlingly well made for someone who appeared to have no other possessions.  Of course, that meant that most likely...<br/><br/>Kirie set the butt of her weapon against the ground and cocked her head at the girl.  "Did you steal that blade?"  It was far too fine a weapon for someone with no other possessions to be carrying, but at the same time, she had a doubt the girl had actually stolen it.  Everything about her was too strange for a mere simple explanation such as that.  No, something else was at work here, and that brought Kirie to her second question with a slight smile.<br/><br/>"If you are no thief...  Then have you come here to train?"  The girl was of age to join the recruits and her sword would likely serve nicely, meaning there would be no need to find another one for her to take up.  There were no smiths among their number yet, and their war was obscure enough that while many tried to help, few of their supporters had the means to commission the quality of blades needed to battle the Oni.  Proper attire on the other hand should be easy enough to find at least, and a weighted training sword could be found easily enough since practice weapons were often rotated around the population anyways.