The blade is curved

[Yaoquizque]

The Taisa Kagetora sighed.
"I was asked to take care of him, and so do i... He's too inexperienced to fight on Taus front... For now"
Ryoma gave him an angry look
"Be carefull, honorable Rikugun Taisa... Such words could be easily seen as a grave insult."
Kagetoratora remained stonily indifferent. He noticed Ryoma put his hand on the Tsuka of his Katana..

He gave him an inquiring glance while sipping a bit of sake...

He always was uncomfortable with him. That fencing master was fickle, quick to hate or to love, and generally wily. He always wondered how one could trust him.

Ryoma was studying him and suddenly relaxed his muscles. He bursted out laughing and took a sip of sake, then laughed again.
"How entertaining you are, dear Kagetora-san." He smiled "And your sake is good as well. I don't regret to have made that long trip from Tokyo."

Kagetora allowed himself to shrug softly.
He grabbed a file on his desk and skimmed through it "He's doing his duty anyway... But well... Since he left the academy... He lost four ships."
"What a lucky mice... He survived..." Ryoma was scratching his chest under his clothes, making a bored face.

"He did... I just hope however he won't end up like his brother... and his sister even"
Kagetora gave a questioning look at Ryoma "I wonder however..."

Ryoma carressed the Tsuka of his Katana again and stared at him "You don't need to know... Now listen to me carefully, honorable Taisa. Do not mention again my master's daughter and his elder brother. Ever. They are dead. Period."

Uncomfortable, Kagetora sighed.
Ryoma took another sip of sake "You are still married to that thing vaguely looking like a woman, dear Taisa?"

He remained unmoved. That was so typical of him. Jumping to another trivial subject by insulting his interlocutor.
Kagetora was well aware of his aim.

"Yes.... She's fine. Thanks Ryoma-san."
Ryoma looked at him, bored "Ohhh...? You would not dare to..." He stopped to talk as someone knocked at the door.

"Come in"
Ujisato stepped in and bowed to them "Taisa... Ensign Gamo reporting"

Kagetora nodded, noticing his tiredness "At ease" He gave a sidelook at Ryoma "How was the patrol on Galileo, ensign?"
"Fine. we succeeded to stop two smugglers. But then..."

Ryoma raised an eyebrow, glancing with disillusion at Ujisato.
"Yes ensign?"
Ujisato lowered his head "We met a party of gaijins... Hackers, i believe... We succeeded to destroy them and tractor some of them for interrogation... However... I was shot during the dogfight..."

Ryoma sniggered.

"Well... It happens ensign Gamo. I'm glad you don't seem to be injured"
"Yes... My pod was tractored by Gunsō Tennomori..."
Kagetora nodded "Good"

Ryoma shook his head and sniggered again "And that's it? I believe you should hug that poor ensign, honorable Taisa... And probably tell him a bed story this evening, to be sure he will sleep well"

Kagetora gave a cold look at Ryoma "I believe the ensign is punishing himself enough"
"How convenient... And moving..." Ryoma stood up and started to walk slowly around Ujisato.

"How pathetic... I told your father often you were spending too much time with your mother. It made you weak!"
Ryoma kneed him violently on the stomach, making him bend in pain "This one if for my master"
He smiled and used the Kashira of his Katana to hit Ujisato's spine. "And this... Is for me"

Ryoma walked swiftly out of the quarters, saying "Don't worry my brave ensign.... Your father will hear about this"

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