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[ There's no reason for Yata to feel like he has to protect Kija from the horror of those drawings. He's already twenty, and he may not look like the brightest bulb, but he does know about the world. Informants would feed his village intel on the happenings in the other countries, and whenever there was war and strife, the lords didn't shy away from employing cruel methods. ]

I am fine. [ Yata's a little younger than he is (And smaller; SMALLER), so if anything, he should be the one shielding Yata! ] You do not have to worry about me--