A meeting of the minds - Cape Soya

[Jien Kogen]

Kogen looked at the older man and responded.

"Nora-sama, of course I understand, and I have valued your council since my youth. While I can understand your misgivings, I want to be clear, nothing in me has changed these two years since I have seen you last. My first loyalty is to Kusari and her people. I have always had an interest in history, as you I am sure remember. I have studied, and one of the things I have taken strength from Yamamoto dynasty, a line that held honor, and stability above all else. I have strove for those goals. When the Bretonian spat on our honor by attempting to seize the Taus, we defended ourselves and push the out. When cut off, by the Gallics, we fought back, with our very lives we fought to get home, so we could return honor to Kusari. I did this because defending Kusari's honor is paramount. It gives us our position, it gives us our power, and with those comes stability. You Nora, you are also a student of history, you know that Kusari and Samura are intertwined. So much so that often they appear as one, their interests are one. You know that the golden ages of Kusari have also been the golden ages of Samura. The droughts and famines of Kusari have been the droughts and famines of Samura. We are one Kusari and Samura When Kusari is strong, Samura is strong, when Samura is strong, Kusari is strong."

Kogen pulled the other man in close.

"This imposter government, it is not strong. Because of that, Kusari is not strong. Because of that... Samura is not strong. I know this pains you, and I know that you will do anything to reverse this course, but I urge you to remember, a government without honor will bring Kusari no strength, no power, no stability. Understand that as important as you are, and you are most important to the future of Kusari, that this task, it belongs to me, it is my divine responsibility to restore Kusari to it's glory. This is my commitment to my people, and only death shall stand in my way. Mind you, I am not the child that you remember. I am a graduate of the Kusari Naval Academy, a veteran of the Nomad War, as well as having spent the last two years leading our forces, not as a political figure, but as a military leader. Surprisingly, I have turned into quite the general, I would not have imagined this during my tactics classes at the academy. "

Walking to a water pitcher on the table, Kogen poured one glass for himeself, and one for Nora.

"Why do I say this to you? Because we must all understand our roles so we may best fight this war."

Looking the man straight in the eye he finished.

"I am quite sure you understand what I am saying Nora-sama, no? "