[There's much to be said for trusting in the mien of a person, regardless of their physical appearance; the latter was certainly a lot for the two of them to handle (especially Yakul, who had just been shuttled into this situation, and is also an animal), but there's something to be said for how calm and patient Genji's demeanor was. It is probably that over anything else that allows the elk to enter an area of acceptance, and Ashitaka is swift to join in this judgment, though over the months he's grown much more understanding of things that would've previously left him suspended in disbelief.
The elk remains still when Genji reaches out, liquid eyes blinking slowly. Maybe it feels a little odd to him too, but he doesn't seem to mind enough to shy away or anything of the like.]
Oh. I see.
[He wouldn't have thought of it in such a way, but it would make sense there would be distinctions between someone having a mechanical limb versus having so much of it integrated with their entire body... But that's also so many hundreds of years from the forefront of his mind, it's all things he wouldn't have ever considered.
His brow knits a little at the question. Perhaps someone who had grown up in a different place, with a different form of education or manner of being raised, might've known. Ashitaka, having grown up with a secluded people, is not the best person to ask for specifics.]
I am afraid I could not tell you the exact year. [He looks thoughtful for a moment.] It is a time where the introduction of rifles to warfare was brand new. When lords and emperors sought to use them to win sovereignty of the land from the gods.
[He isn't even sure if that's useful to Genji, to help narrow it down, but it's what he'd seen when he'd left the Emishi.]
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[There's much to be said for trusting in the mien of a person, regardless of their physical appearance; the latter was certainly a lot for the two of them to handle (especially Yakul, who had just been shuttled into this situation, and is also an animal), but there's something to be said for how calm and patient Genji's demeanor was. It is probably that over anything else that allows the elk to enter an area of acceptance, and Ashitaka is swift to join in this judgment, though over the months he's grown much more understanding of things that would've previously left him suspended in disbelief.
The elk remains still when Genji reaches out, liquid eyes blinking slowly. Maybe it feels a little odd to him too, but he doesn't seem to mind enough to shy away or anything of the like.]
Oh. I see.
[He wouldn't have thought of it in such a way, but it would make sense there would be distinctions between someone having a mechanical limb versus having so much of it integrated with their entire body... But that's also so many hundreds of years from the forefront of his mind, it's all things he wouldn't have ever considered.
His brow knits a little at the question. Perhaps someone who had grown up in a different place, with a different form of education or manner of being raised, might've known. Ashitaka, having grown up with a secluded people, is not the best person to ask for specifics.]
I am afraid I could not tell you the exact year. [He looks thoughtful for a moment.] It is a time where the introduction of rifles to warfare was brand new. When lords and emperors sought to use them to win sovereignty of the land from the gods.
[He isn't even sure if that's useful to Genji, to help narrow it down, but it's what he'd seen when he'd left the Emishi.]