Post by freshstrawberries on Aug 14, 2023 19:32:05 GMT
Normal speed? Normal speed?! How was that normal, she'd never seen or heard anything like it! It certainly wasn't written about in any of the shrine's texts. Had they just never encountered these 'shinigami' before? Of course, that was hardly all that she was being told. "A stray?!" She sounded more shocked than offended, the fact that she was speaking to a Kami was still keeping her more mouthy attitudes in check, for now at least, but...but this was all too damn much to take in!
Zanpakuto? A soul cutting sword? Touching someone with the Kashira would just send them on to the afterlife just like that? How powerful was that weapon?! What did she mean Ken's powers were better suited to eradication than purification? "I do not doubt you, but the means my Shrine teaches and employs to pass souls on to the afterlife is...significantly more time consuming than that, and it's the only method I've known. Seeing it done...that swiftly was quite a bit of a surprise." Souls could just become more shinigami if they were strong enough? What about the previous Miko of the Miyobi Shrine? Why hadn't any of them gotten into contact with their fellows? Were they not allowed? Unable to?
This was a lot to take in and it was bringing in a lot of questions, but something about the way this woman was speaking, the way she was saying things. Tsubaki was a clever girl, and the idea of people becoming Kami? That was entirely normal to Shinto faith. Kawakatsu was even one such example! Yet...she mentioned specifically only shinigami. "And...what about the other kinds of Kami? There is more to the spirit world than just shinigami isn't there?"