They're some of my more surprising followers.

[Really surprising. Geiko tend to be traditionalists in everything. Including worship. But there's a few progressives even in Gion and it's not like the Japanese haven't taken Taoist deities as their own before.

He shakes his head and shrugs. Now that he's had a minute for things to sink in.]

I'm an adult. I can deal with things like that on the bond. That just caught me by surprise, honestly. Though given all my students over the years...