008 | OVERFLOW

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[returnedfromtheline]

[Finally getting what he asked for, Yukine listens carefully.

So that was the background that led up to Yato killing Bishamonten-sama's shinki, which led her to resenting Yato with a bloody rage, which led to years of battle culminating in the one that he got stuck in. That he became hafuri in.

There is a certain gravity to learning the full picture.

But Yukine turns his mind to what to say next. After all, his mentor might expect that he got something out of the story.]

Thanks, Kazuma-san. It gives me a lot to think about, actually.

... Recently I realized that an exemplar needs to put greed behind them. We were human, but we're also shinki now. We can't get hung up on that stuff.
But ... maybe there's a different kind of greed that can be useful.

[He fowns slightly, looking down at his own tea. It's an idea that has only just now occurred to him, so it's not even close to formed or focused. But he... feels like he's on to something.]