I found this written up, and it answers a few questions, so I figured I'd post it for everyone who's also new to this game:<br/><br/>Honesty is a virtue of Bushidō, but direct honesty is often<br/>seen as rudeness among the Rokugani samurai—instead, one is expected<br/>to find a polite way to imply one’s meaning to spare the feelings of the<br/>other involved. As a result, directness can be something of a rare and<br/>valuable commodity, and it is most often dispensed by those with little<br/>time for frivolity, such as veteran warriors, or those with little to lose socially, such as monks.