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Summary
Still, the Shogun has not moved. She has, however, seen enough. “I am not Ei.”
Yae’s hand tightens around her shoulder, almost imperceptibly, but not to the Shogun. She laughs again, but it is shorter, with more of a weighty quality to it (or perhaps hollow?) The two descriptors are contradictory, so the Shogun supposes it must be one or neither. She has never thought on people having different laughs before.
“Don’t be ridiculous,” Yae smiles. It’s toothier than the last one. “First of all, even if you intend to stay cooped up all night, you wouldn’t dare miss my birthday. And secondly, if you weren’t Ei,” a shiver passes through her body, and she clings tighter. Perhaps it is another symptom of her condition. “Well, I’d be talking to some… corpse-puppet wearing a mockery of her likeness. Hardly even a person, really. And,” she leans close, murmuring sweetly into her ear, “you are a person, aren’t you, Ei?”
One hundred years into her rule, the Shogun receives a visitor.10 Days of Eimiko - Day 2: Injury/Care
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