[ Her tone is even, but kind. She is also pushing the brazier his way with the practiced, elegant motions of a woman of her experience and station before she holds out the pipe ( hers -- and his, should he wish to smoke from it ) in his direction.
She has been quietly counting down the minutes to his arrival at her door, fully aware that he would not come until his youngest sister was settled and possibly put to bed. It does not take eyes to see the amount of care her son takes with Hotaru Fukuzawa. After all, family has always been important to the Blade King. It is one of the reasons why all of Zangyaku address each other as brothers and sisters, regardless of age or rank.
( She can see his pain through the little things: that averted gaze, even the dip in tone in his voice. If she were another woman Asami Fukuzawa, perhaps she might have chosen instead to reach out and tip up that bowed chin, drawn those violet eyes to hers and asked simply: What is wrong, my son?
But again, she is not that woman. So she offers this instead: ) ]
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[ Her tone is even, but kind. She is also pushing the brazier his way with the practiced, elegant motions of a woman of her experience and station before she holds out the pipe ( hers -- and his, should he wish to smoke from it ) in his direction.
She has been quietly counting down the minutes to his arrival at her door, fully aware that he would not come until his youngest sister was settled and possibly put to bed. It does not take eyes to see the amount of care her son takes with Hotaru Fukuzawa. After all, family has always been important to the Blade King. It is one of the reasons why all of Zangyaku address each other as brothers and sisters, regardless of age or rank.
( She can see his pain through the little things: that averted gaze, even the dip in tone in his voice. If she were another woman
Asami Fukuzawa, perhapsshe might have chosen instead to reach out and tip up that bowed chin, drawn those violet eyes to hers and asked simply: What is wrong, my son?But again, she is not that woman. So she offers this instead: ) ]
The little one has been put to bed?