Snippet #1451922

“My my Anokou-san did I hit a sore spot?” Kou said with a soft smile. “I did not know animals could get touchy, but I suppose this has been an enlightening couple of hours.” It amused him, like an animal it paced around, but he did not fear such people. In his profession dealing with their types was an everyday occurrence; truly the ones you had to watch were the young foolish ones. He had never once said he didn’t have anything of that, that he didn’t lead a shell of a life, he merely didn’t mention it.

Kou looked to the side at Kana who had appeared and it mildly shocked him that he would let so much of his concentration rest on the mutt that he would forget his surroundings. He felt her fingertips gently skirt across his hand clenched around his hilt, and he slowly relaxed his hand “Perhaps you are right Kana-chan.”

Kou watched as the girl was taken captive quietly deciding the best option, and he glanced at the ambushers. He had to act before the brutish mutt acted with his usually low intelligence of hammersmash. He reached into his kimono slowly to show he wasn’t drawing anything and pulled out a pouch. “15 ryos for the girl.” His voice was calm and even. 15 Ryos would be more than these people have seen in their life. They probably attacked hoping for a few silver Bu’s