Akane blinks, taking only a brief moment to realize that, since she's the 'courtier,' it's her duty to talk. She smiles widely.<br/><br/>"Of course, Doji-san." She sits at the table, and pours out the tea. After a brief moment, she turns to the Doji.<br/><br/>"It was fortunate that you arrived so quickly after the oni was driven away. It did seem to focus it's bile on your clansmen; however, we cannot see any reason for that." She looks up at Oruku with half-lidded eyes and a sly smile. "Such behavior is odd, even for a creature of the Shadowlands. Unless there was something about those particular samurai that we do not know of."