"Please do not judge yourself so harshly. You are no more at fault than I. While you are my comrade, you are not my keeper. It is my responsibility to look after myself, and ensure I am neither a liability nor inefficient. That I am accustomed to a certain level of command is... my issue to contend with, I should not have placed the burden upon you." His own sigh, wrapping his arms more tightly around himself.
Rokuro recalls a moment not entirely unlike this, when he felt like an utter failure, entirely unworthy of his position as the brave of water and place by his master's side. Then a warm, heavy kimono was draped over his shoulders, achingly familiar in scent, and Rokuro was comforted. Regardless of whether he deserved to be or not.
He tries to remember his master's words, and the lesson that kindness was supposed to impart on him, but Yukimura Sanada is so very far away, and even when close Rokuro struggled to hear them.
No matter how hard Tech tries, he will never be Rokuro's master, and to hold him to that standard as a leader would be both foolish and unfair. Still... Rokuro can't help looking to someone when he feels lost. Perhaps that is the biggest weakness in his training.
Submission so ingrained it can't be forgotten.
"You have seen both of my eyes, even the eye that is not an eye, and yet... I have never seen yours." Rokuro is imagining those googles attached to a classic samurai helmet upon Tech's head, and it's definitely a look-- not that Tech couldn't pull it off. He does have a rather striking appearance, an opinion which the clone might find incredibly funny if Rokuro ever thought to share it, given there are millions of others who share his face.
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Rokuro recalls a moment not entirely unlike this, when he felt like an utter failure, entirely unworthy of his position as the brave of water and place by his master's side. Then a warm, heavy kimono was draped over his shoulders, achingly familiar in scent, and Rokuro was comforted. Regardless of whether he deserved to be or not.
He tries to remember his master's words, and the lesson that kindness was supposed to impart on him, but Yukimura Sanada is so very far away, and even when close Rokuro struggled to hear them.
No matter how hard Tech tries, he will never be Rokuro's master, and to hold him to that standard as a leader would be both foolish and unfair. Still... Rokuro can't help looking to someone when he feels lost. Perhaps that is the biggest weakness in his training.
Submission so ingrained it can't be forgotten.
"You have seen both of my eyes, even the eye that is not an eye, and yet... I have never seen yours." Rokuro is imagining those googles attached to a classic samurai helmet upon Tech's head, and it's definitely a look-- not that Tech couldn't pull it off. He does have a rather striking appearance, an opinion which the clone might find incredibly funny if Rokuro ever thought to share it, given there are millions of others who share his face.