Yamato turned back to Aoi, and his blank expression had finally broken into what could only be called childish horror. Miyako was ten years older than him - well, that made sense, if she was supposedly the same age as this woman, but... it settled badly, now that he was actually processing it.
The Hotsuin were built on a hierarchy of ability and usefulness. Due to there being no more adult Hotsuin, Yamato was on top of the pyramid because of his promising ability and potential - but if Miyako was an adult here, then that meant that balance was upset, and Yamato would be shifted into a more submissive position, while Miyako adopted the leading one!
It wasn't really fair... it'd be one thing if his twin had bested him as a child, but for him to lose his place because Miyako was fortune enough to be here as an adult, than a child...! That was temporal cheating!
"...is she powerful?" Yamato asked, his tone beginning to creep into petulant.
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Yamato turned back to Aoi, and his blank expression had finally broken into what could only be called childish horror. Miyako was ten years older than him - well, that made sense, if she was supposedly the same age as this woman, but... it settled badly, now that he was actually processing it.
The Hotsuin were built on a hierarchy of ability and usefulness. Due to there being no more adult Hotsuin, Yamato was on top of the pyramid because of his promising ability and potential - but if Miyako was an adult here, then that meant that balance was upset, and Yamato would be shifted into a more submissive position, while Miyako adopted the leading one!
It wasn't really fair... it'd be one thing if his twin had bested him as a child, but for him to lose his place because Miyako was fortune enough to be here as an adult, than a child...! That was temporal cheating!
"...is she powerful?" Yamato asked, his tone beginning to creep into petulant.