[closed] i know you love me, i know you care.

[shadepossessed]

Who: Kainé and Sharak Sanzo.
What: Answering a prayer about babies.
Where: Around the near shore, maybe temple.
Why: babies!!!
When: June 1.
Warnings: ba -- okay, no. Language, sex and pregnancy talk. Sigh, suicidal ideation because it's fucking Kainé.

[The bad part about going berserk every now and then -- aside from having to cut down on an already-limited wardrobe, of course -- was that it only seemed to intensify the strain it put on the "fight with me" aspect of being a shinki. Kainé couldn't be sure that was a problem, but... Well, she felt ashamed enough at the possibility. She wouldn't be surprised at all to find out Sharak was sickened by the idea of it. She'd had such a hard time controlling herself... And as far as she could remember, she'd never felt more alive.

So Kainé was content with tabling the discussion, especially since going along for a prayer had been proposed. Not that this was what she'd had in mind at all.]

You shitting me? I mean, it's great that we're really on a roll with helping out the kids, but this isn't exactly something that requires divine intervention. Sounds like all you need to do when we get there is pat the kid on the head and spout some generic bullshit, then boom. Prayer answered. Doesn't feel right.

Comments

[bussounoshima]

[Yes, if there's one word to describe Kainé, it's "mature".]

Fine, maybe you can help me pick.

[She shouldn't really be discussing this with Kainé, part of her thinks. Time for a change in subject.]

I've told you about Hassan. [Barely. Sharak, don't be like that.] Next question.

[shadepossessed]

[Whatever!!! She's refraining now, she's totally mature.]

Barely.

[Yeah, she knows, and wants Sharak to know she's letting her off the hook.]

...Who told you about, uh. Girl stuff. With the babies and shit. Was it your family...?

[bussounoshima]

[You're so kind, Kainé...]

I never got a clear talk with everything at once or anything, really. But I heard bits and pieces from older women as I grew up and learned the rest from reading and observation. [Shrugs.] That's how it is for most people. You pick things up.

[shadepossessed]

Huh.

[Really makes her wonder... But she can't dig too deep into that.]

Alright. So then since most girls don't become Sanzo, and you didn't learn it from them, did you have a family to disapprove of that kinda thing?

[bussounoshima]

Most people don't become Sanzo. There's never more than five in the world at any one time, and by the time I got Kouten there were only meant to be four.

[Fucking Koumyou.]

... But no, not by that time.

[shadepossessed]

[Aha. She'll just give a nod at that, then tilt her head and squint.]

Hmn. If they let more Sanzos graduate from Sanzo school [the baby store] you'd probably have less of a stick up your ass.

[because Sharak is just So Uptight]

[bussounoshima]

[Look, people keep spreading rumours about how if you eat her you'll become immortal! That will make anyone tense!]

Maybe, but there are only so many scriptures so that isn't really possible. It's for the best that way, believe me.

[shadepossessed]

[to be fair...Kainé could buy it]

Yeah, maybe. The whole thing sounds real fuckin' weird to me.

[bussounoshima]

[Kainé, no. Sanzos don't taste good. They're tough and bitter.]

That's fair.