"Indeed, both the little people and if you will forgive their mention, some ronin. A few, a very small few are made for better things and the Miyahara has long partnered with one Otokodate. Sometimes their understanding of an issue can inform my own more...traditional way of thinking, much like an ally guarding a blindspot."
Raising her cup to salute Myorin's point. "On that we are agreed, sometimes it feels as though I need to choose whether I am a Crane, or whether I am a magistrate at every conversation. But as a magistrate I would thank you and promise to call upon you if needed, although I am sure my honourable colleagues will make such duties unnecessary."
Although, this brings a thought to her.
"Tell me, do you know a Masumi of the Matsu family? A very fierce warrior?"