by Asako Hirase on Tue Apr 25, 2017 1:25 pm
"Choice is hard. I know that my Cousin wishes to choose you...she wouldn't have given you her fan if that was the case. She will speak with others, being a smart woman, but...that gift holds weight." He sighed, then said, "If you do choose the Tonbo, however, or indeed any other woman, I do not think there will be a chance to take it back. If someone else takes you from her, that is no fault of yours and will make the memory of you sweet, once the pain eases. An actual rejection, though...there is a phrase we use, 'Spilt water will not return to the tray'. "
Now it was Hirase's turn to offer an arm pat, this one in sympathy.
"If I were you, I would be sorely tempted to simply let fate decide. But I am not as passionate a man as you. Let me ask, then, this: If you were to choose, without concern for how they would feel, does one woman, and the life she would lead you to, draw you more than the other?"
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