People do tend to like such simplistic terms, I suppose.
[Unsurprising, of course, but the Medicine Seller has always found that morality is, more often than not, situational. But he's not Lord Enma of the Underworld, it's not his job to spend hours measuring someone's life choices against whatever the present standards are. He slays mononoke and sells medicine. They're rather the same thing in his eyes, but others may disagree.
The long pause is puzzling. Moreso is the young man's response.
A sword like his own, hm? It's not impossible, and he really shouldn't be as surprised as he is, but there's also the fact that swords like that don't just grow on trees (peach or otherwise) whatever Taoist priests might insist.]
Is that so?
If I may be so bold, how did you go about acquiring such a thing?
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[Unsurprising, of course, but the Medicine Seller has always found that morality is, more often than not, situational. But he's not Lord Enma of the Underworld, it's not his job to spend hours measuring someone's life choices against whatever the present standards are. He slays mononoke and sells medicine. They're rather the same thing in his eyes, but others may disagree.
The long pause is puzzling. Moreso is the young man's response.
A sword like his own, hm? It's not impossible, and he really shouldn't be as surprised as he is, but there's also the fact that swords like that don't just grow on trees (peach or otherwise) whatever Taoist priests might insist.]