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Sunflowers. They're big and bright and tall. They're happy flowers.
What if there’s no better word than just not saying anything?...When the process was complete, there was enough metal for two swords. In grief, Kanshou forged twin blades - one polished white and one midnight black.
He presented one to the king, but kept the other for himself. He was eventually killed for this treachery; true to his fears, the king was not a fair one.
-She grins-
We had so many. There'd be so many bags each harvest.
What if there’s no better word than just not saying anything?They are good.
We should find some. And then plant them. And let people come see them.
What if there’s no better word than just not saying anything?O_o
(quickly composes herself and continues along with it)
...The strong bond between man and wife bled into the swords that they both gave their lives to forge. Perhaps their own souls ended up in the swords themselves, yearning for the other.
It is said that the two swords can never be separated. Even if taken by two different men to opposite sides of the world, fate will conspire to reunite them. Even if it takes hundreds of years.
For that reason, the two swords are named for their makers - Kanshou and Bakuya.
edited 25th May '15 11:25:47 PM by foxmccloud4387

(Aganos just watches Alice, a tad bemused, but it guesses Alice is just that kind of person to eat flowers)
(it readjusts its sitting position a little)
"Shake the dust." - Anis Mojgani