<div class="floatright">(http://www.wallpaperup.com/uploads/wallpapers/2016/08/25/1011752/big_thumb_b4c2ef92813c7b92e0a79c69acfd8d8c.jpg)</div><strong>Hisayo Yamashita (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=274532.msg13531034#msg13531034)</strong><br/><strong>Location</strong>: Krai Folk Territory<br/><strong>Tagged</strong>: Miho Nanami<br/><hr/><br/>There was a pause, as Yamashita considered the taste of the words that flowered in her mouth. It always seemed wisest to consider the flavour<em>before </em>one spoke, to ensure that it was sweetness and truth rather than bitterness and lies which fell from the tongue. In this particular moment, even with her Lord's request very much in the front of her mind, her own thoughts were uncharacteristically direct.<br/><br/>"Lady Nanami, my particular destiny has taken me places I thought would not be possible. Some of those have been good, and others not so much. We cannot foresee the future, nor how the paths of our fates will take us or our people. I can tell you, though, that it is my belief that all people have a place in the world, and that the world is the better for those people being able to find and do what it is that they are best at. The Krai folk have talents and perspectives which the Shindo and even the Yunnar do not necessarily possess in the same way, or with the same characteristics, and we would be impoverished if we did not allow your people to participate in the world to a greater extent."<br/><br/>She made a small gesture with her right hand, fingers fluttering as the corner of her mouth twisted down.<br/>"However, as you know, everything fades, and everyone. In the end we meet our deaths alone. How we pass through this life is what distinguishes us, and this is the fate we make rather than that which befalls us. I am distinguished by your trust in my words and in the promises of my Lord, and I will return to him with news of your acceptance. Please accept our open invitation to visit us at any time should you wish to pursue negotiations of a more permanent nature. It is my earnest hope that I shall return to you within the year, at least to renew our friendship, if not to fortify it."