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[lumberlady]

[Good morning, Lunatia. The video starts with a view of hooves, a too close view of a face... and then finally... a centaur? Who keeps looking off screen while she talks and never seems to actually focus on the lens correctly.]

Hello? Can everyone see me? Connor, am I doing this right? Okay? ... Okay.

[She clears her throat and dips into a bow, the camera bobbing along with her.]

Hello! This is Konoha... some of you maybe think my name is Shizu, but- It's Konoha! I'm from Echigo province, in Japan, if you know it... and I'll be in your care.

If you don't know me, which, I figure is most of you, this city must be even bigger than the capital I'm the... well in my world we say jinba but I'm the "centaur". I haven't seen anyone else like me so I think I can say "the"...

Anyway... what I wanted to ask was... if anyone had an recommendations for... shops? I've never really shopped before, and I haven't seen any locals quite like me, so if you know somewhere that does... I don't know, tailoring? Or a restaurant with really big seats or tall tables? Anything like that!

I'd appreciate it, so... thank you very much!

[Another bow, another bob of the camera... and a blurry flash of android helping her turn the dang thing off. Thanks, Connor.]

Comments

[nihonkoku]

I feel very sad that I haven't been able to meet one of your people before now. A bit offended as well. If you are part of my lands somewhere, why not everywhere..? Humans seem to exist everywhere, after all.

[ and if humans exist everywhere, then all races should!! ]

It seems somewhat unfair..

[lumberlady]

I don't know how many of us there are... I know there are countries outside of Japan, across the sea... but do they have jinba?

[She tries not to look a bit sad at that, but.]

I only know my own village. After the hunts and the wars, there's even less of us now all over. That's what my boss said.

[nihonkoku]

The only nation I know that has a people like the jinba is Greece-san, and his are called centaurs. But I believe that his lived long ago.

[ he hesitates, brows drawing together. ]

Begging your pardon, but if I may ask-- hunts?

[lumberlady]

Ah...

[She tries to make it sound not so bad, tries to keep her expression lighter, but. Kind of fails. She didn't live through it so much herself, but it's still...]

My boss said that when all the lords were fighting over who was going to rule the country... people hunted mountain jinba so that they could sell them for fighting or breeding... that kind of thing...

It doesn't really happen anymore, so don't worry!

[nihonkoku]

[ for a moment, he looks stricken, a hand crawling up to curl against his heart. ]

I'm.. so very sorry that your people had to go through such a thing. [ he's not always been proud of his people throughout history, particularly the humans. the way they've treated his non-human citizens--

but dwelling on it doesn't help anyone. ] I'm glad that it's ended, at least.

[lumberlady]

[It really doesn't. Konoha can't change the past, just... try and help her fellow jinba see that not all humans are bad!]

You don't have to be sorry... It was the wars, not any one person. And the wars are over for a good few years now! Things are changing.