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[Soshi Eiji]

"One can imagine the samurai themselves were probably not valuable enough to be removed from the vault", she remarks with a faint, cheeky grin.

At the man's next words, she answers with a slight shake of her head. "I'm afraid my artistic talents and my skills with words do not intersect in that manner, Soshi-san - my wordcrafting tends to be of a rather more mundane sort, sadly. But I do have an acquaintance who I believe could greatly benefit from such knowledge." A small, sheepish smile grows on one corner of her lips. "I do tend to believe some of my skills might be useful if that acquaintace wishes to reap such benefits - but one can never be sure, ne?"

Another sip of tea.

"One can't help but ask, then. Is that knowledge Soshi-san is already privy to? And... I suppose it's inevitable to ask - what practical question would you see researched, Soshi-san?"

Eiji shakes his head at that.

"I would say not. Else I am being as lazy as the aforementioned ledger courtier and not acting on such informtion as swiftly as I ought." he admits.

"I suppose there is a whole host of questions on should ask, 'How can I best serve my lord?', "What do I need to do to live an even more honorable life?', and so on."


He examined his tea cup.

"There is also, of course, the temptation to use such a question in an entirely frivoulous manner, 'What is the average sandal size in the Crab clan?' Of little use unless you're a patron to a sandal maker, but there is some amusement in picturing the lengths the scholar would need to go to to obtain the information."

[Yasuki Masaki]

Eiji shakes his head at that.

"I would say not. Else I am being as lazy as the aforementioned ledger courtier and not acting on such informtion as swiftly as I ought." he admits.

"I suppose there is a whole host of questions on should ask, 'How can I best serve my lord?', "What do I need to do to live an even more honorable life?', and so on."

He examined his tea cup.

"There is also, of course, the temptation to use such a question in an entirely frivoulous manner, 'What is the average sandal size in the Crab clan?' Of little use unless you're a patron to a sandal maker, but there is some amusement in picturing the lengths the scholar would need to go to to obtain the information."

A rueful smile - the kind that says 'oh, that's a shame' - is followed by more nodding on the host of likely or obvious questions.

Well, perhaps not particularly likely or obvious coming from a Scorpion, but she knew well that Eiji was not the average Scorpion - if indeed there ever was such a thing.

The question on Crab Clan sandal sizes, however, has her quickly reaching for her fan. No laugh is audible - but her mouth does disappear from view for a good few seconds. "Now that is an idea, isn't it? Makes one wonder! Would Soshi-san have a guess? Or, say, a guess as to whether it's larger or smaller than the average size in the lands we're in, or Soshi lands?"

Her mouth is covered again for a moment, a rather wide smile still visible when the fan drops again. "Also makes one wonder - do you think the cunning Scorpion scholars could reasonably acquire such information? Or how? Because little use as the answer itself might have, the means to acquire such information sounds anything but, ne?"