[Is what the samurai manages after processing the presence of that smile once more.
In that moment she can feel wet earth beneath her fingernails, smell rain on her skin and electricity coursing through her veins. Magic like static energy burned the atmosphere blue that night and the sight of Ushi Gozen's wide smile showed like the crescent moon among clouds. Shousetsu recalls the way her throat burned as she screamed for Rider— Raikou— to stop, to return to the mere few moments before when they were still allies.
...
So why does she smile now?]
Is that the truth, Ushi Gozen?
[Her chin lowers as she struggles to control her breath, the strain of her gaze as she finally tears it away from her. No, this was no place to become distraught— she couldn't allow herself such a weakness now, but to see that smile directed at her again—]
Then speak clearly...
[And then Shousetsu's head snaps forward— those eyes blazing, cheeks reddened with passion, with anger. She forgets, forgets herself and the crowds around them, the music and the creatures crying out with rage from their cages.]
Along with your True Name— were you intending to reveal to me your plan to annihilate Edo?!
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[Is what the samurai manages after processing the presence of that smile once more.
In that moment she can feel wet earth beneath her fingernails, smell rain on her skin and electricity coursing through her veins. Magic like static energy burned the atmosphere blue that night and the sight of Ushi Gozen's wide smile showed like the crescent moon among clouds. Shousetsu recalls the way her throat burned as she screamed for Rider— Raikou— to stop, to return to the mere few moments before when they were still allies.
...
So why does she smile now?]
Is that the truth, Ushi Gozen?
[Her chin lowers as she struggles to control her breath, the strain of her gaze as she finally tears it away from her. No, this was no place to become distraught— she couldn't allow herself such a weakness now, but to see that smile directed at her again—]
Then speak clearly...
[And then Shousetsu's head snaps forward— those eyes blazing, cheeks reddened with passion, with anger. She forgets, forgets herself and the crowds around them, the music and the creatures crying out with rage from their cages.]
Along with your True Name— were you intending to reveal to me your plan to annihilate Edo?!
Ushi Gozen!