chomper

A dance that never ends

Which makes the concept of "drying out" in Karakasa make a hell of a lot more sense.

The Ooku is a place where one aspires to Heaven, to the divine, metaphorically via its connection to Tenshi, the "son of Heaven," the highest-ranked position in the land, and more literally via the worship of Omizu-sama. Tenshi saying "I am dry" refers to his supposedly divine status, and being or becoming dry means seeking or maintaining a divine status.

Hence the risk of "drying out" when one enters the Ooku and begins this aspiration.

I think the idea is that it's necessary to maintain balance between being "dry" and being "wet," or between Heaven and earth, and to not lose touch with "earth" in one's quest for the divine.

the dog the nanosecond they smell a different living creature in its vicinity:

...and fucking BET, I have that side of myself too, so I'll come clean about the part of me that's a liar and a fraud and a failure. Because I think maybe that's what you need right now. I think what you need is honesty, from me, for fucking once, that proves it's okay to accept yourself."

...and fucking BET, I have that side of myself too, so I'll come clean about the part of me that's a liar and a fraud and a failure. Because I think maybe that's what you need right now. I think what you need is honesty, from me, for fucking once, that proves it's okay to accept yourself."