Nah, what should make the PCs special is that they are not beholden (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Railroading) to the same system of obligations and codes that force all the NPCs into acting a certain way, which, while perhaps advantageous to themselves...is disastrous for everyone as a whole.<br/><br/>It just takes a little bit of maneuvering until this game gets sand box-y. Essentially, I have to remove Jun and Tashi from their obligations to serve Tanigakure unilaterally. Get em thinking about what's good for people in general. Hint; it ain't war. ;)<br/><br/>But no, Jun doesn't have to go out on this mission. In fact, her refusal is kind of a good thing. The problem is I don't want to bore you to tears in the mean time with some filler episode where Jun wins a ramen eating contest or something. ;)