"Yes! There we go!" Musashi gives Elise a pat on the back as she sets herself into a look of determination. "And just think of the stories you'll be able to tell them when you get back." A little homesickness, but she rallied quickly. Good, for one so young.

She glances back down at the water of the image of Dayu and the other courtesan. "Aha, yes I did, a long time ago. Takao Dayu. She was a—" Musashi glances back towards Elise quickly and adds...a small adjustment. "—n entertainer, in the district of Yoshiwara. This is the night I met her, when a visitor to her tea-house was being most unkind to a younger employee. I had to step in and, ehhh...encouraged him to drink elsewhere." Well, maybe there was a tea-house or two where she ended up sending him.

"Guess we're both feeling a little lonely, ne? I'm Musashi." She puts a hand on her breast and gives a small bow towards Elise in greeting.