mayoninofukucho: (Unimpressed)
Hijikata Toshirou ([personal profile] mayoninofukucho) wrote in [community profile] seasonsgreetings 2023-07-06 06:25 am (UTC)

[Hijikata appreciates the reassurance regarding Dawn, responding with a small nod, but the rest of what Ayato says deepens his frown.]

I think we're at an impassé, honestly. If we tried to head off any attempts of framing us and the native power holders as dangerous, it'd only make us look suspicious to begin with - "Hey, apropos of nothing but some rumours, we power holders are harmless and have your best interests at heart!"

[Since he assumes that he can't smoke in here he instead picks up a pen to fiddle with.]

What's more, Dawn said they're trying to keep the investigations under wraps. Any reactions on our end may just blow the whistle for the perpetrators. I feel like the best we can do is continue to aid the non-power-holder population and gradually establish a real trust relationship.

[Despite all his regular bitching about ungrateful citizens he actually does have faith in the people to not be blindly swayed by populist opinions but look back on their own personal experiences before making a judgement.]

Oh, and about the portals - the ones that appeared on the bridges, leading to those gardens full of monsters, are the ones that appeared once before our arrival. I heard talk about that back then, and Dawn confirmed it to me.

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