[The tea's arrived by then, and Hijikata seizes on the momentary distraction, passing a cup over to Kondou before curling his hands around his own cup and staring into its depths.
He hadn't been able to get Kondou there, in the end. Not in a way that mattered. By the time the shogun gave him his title, everything was already falling apart at the seams, and it had just been a way to get them out of the way so the gutless bastards who didn't have the balls to stand their ground could surrender -
A long, quiet sigh escapes him. Wasn't he trying not to think about this?]
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He hadn't been able to get Kondou there, in the end. Not in a way that mattered. By the time the shogun gave him his title, everything was already falling apart at the seams, and it had just been a way to get them out of the way so the gutless bastards who didn't have the balls to stand their ground could surrender -
A long, quiet sigh escapes him. Wasn't he trying not to think about this?]
Without you, I don't know where I'm going.