Hello! I hope you're doing better since your hiatus/update post! I'm kind of new to TKRB and idk if you've done an ask similar to this, but do you have any reactions/thoughts of the swords if the Saniwa knew more offensive magic and insists on joining the swords in case things go bad/actually does join when the sortie goes bad? (1/2)
Iām doing better all the time thank you for the concern!! I do believe I did some variants of active Saniwa in past requests but itās definitely enough to work with and an interesting idea!! I hope you enjoy.
⢠He will be really torn, he has strong protective urges clashing with his desire to listen to any orders you could have so it doesnāt seem right to ever just tell you to stay at the Citadel.
⢠Itās not like heās never fought with a master before, thatās how swords work but he felt things should be different now he has a human form. He is no longer limited in how he can serve or protect his master - but that wonāt make him any less uneasy when youāre throwing yourself into the action.Ā
⢠He might try once or twice to approach the subject and convince you that they can fight without you present, itās why you summoned them at all but doesnāt have it in him to argue with you over it. He doesnāt want to be disrespectful or seem anything but entirely devoted to you by doubting you.
⢠He canāt help worrying about you so much, no matter how many times he sees you holding your own and being a help on the battlefield heāll be distracted with a desire to protect you. A good talking to might snap him out of it but no matter what you know heās going to feel very self-sacrificial when it comes down to it if thatās what he sees as the best way to protect you.
⢠He doesnāt really want to weigh in on the argument other swords are having of whether or not you should be on the battlefield. He doesnāt even wish to fight, how would it be right of him to talk others down?
⢠Kousetsu will still quietly worry about your insistence despite that. War, battles to the death, these things canāt be taken lightly. As much as they trouble him personally more than anything they make him concerned for others.
⢠His quiet way of showing response rather than ever talking about it is for a change to want to go to the battlefield. It may be a little obvious of him but rather than worrying and doubting he thinks the only thing he can do is support you and do his part to make sure none of them are ever made to regret letting you go out and fight.
⢠Unlike Hasebe, Kousetsu will be moved a lot by the way you carry yourself on the front lines. You are their leader, not a fragile child. It is wrong for any sword warrior to let their anxieties restrain you from doing the things you truly wish to do. He still doesnāt want you putting yourself in unnecessary danger, but he wants to trust your decisions and watch you continue to grow.Ā
⢠He will take this insistence in a bad way, to him more than anything it reads that you donāt trust the swords to get the job done. Or rather, you donāt trust him.Ā
⢠Yamanbagiri canāt help taking it personally, you summon them to fight but wonāt leave the fighting up to them? Though of course it always comes down to his negative self issues more than he thinks youāre looking down on all the sword warriors. But if you always feel like you need to be there to save them it just means they arenāt doing good enough.
⢠Unfortunately, of course he doesnāt want to talk about it. Youāre the one in charge; they just need to respect your decisions. It honestly doesnāt come down to him doubting you, youāre the Saniwa it isnāt strange that youāre powerful. In fact he really does still want to protect you when youāre out on a mission he just doesnāt know if heās capable of it.
⢠If youāre able to get him into opening up, that makes the big difference. Once his negativity is quashed thereās nothing stopping him from supporting you. He feels almost reassured when youāre on the battlefield even if itās risky. He is a copy, he already has so much to prove and even if itās intimidating having you by his side gives him all the time to prove himself. I really think heād be a surprisingly strong voice for letting you fight with them. Even if heās never had faith in himself he trusts you.