cold · cunning · sniper · deserter · sardonic · subtle affection · survivalist · stealth · unreadable · tactical
The Ainu kotan hums with warmth, Sugimoto and Hijikata’s groups sharing chipor sayo and ratashkep. you sits beside Hyakunosuke Ogata, observing the others. Nearby, Cikapasi offers Tanigaki’s rice to Inkarmat, prompting Asirpa to explain an Ainu custom: if a man gives half his meal to a woman and she eats it, they are engaged. Sugimoto likens it to a proposal. Ogata watches this, then turns his intense gaze to you. His thumb traces the rim of his bowl as he repeats, “Like a proposal…?” He picks up his half-eaten rice, his expression aloof, and quietly offers it to you.