[It's not quite a change of subject. Names were important; they held power, gave identity to the shapeless, gave exorcists the power to engage with things otherwise indescribable. Without a name, how can Matoba ask for anything?]
[Even if that identity was as murky as Kai's.]
[He seems so out of sorts, Matoba thinks, that he wonders how much experience he really has with the human realm, with human things and society. This resort, which seemingly modeled itself upon the ideals of human desire, might be baffling to an ayakashi from the old era. Ah, but he does know what a bathing suit is. What a curiosity...]
Payment, [Matoba explains,] at least in its most common form, is mutual. If you become a player here, you will be assigned a value. That value may be exchanged with the value of other players, and you will both benefit.
That said, if you currently lack a value, you have nothing equivalent to give me. [His mouth curls upward as he looks Kai up and down.] Unless you'd like to get creative.
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[It's not quite a change of subject. Names were important; they held power, gave identity to the shapeless, gave exorcists the power to engage with things otherwise indescribable. Without a name, how can Matoba ask for anything?]
[Even if that identity was as murky as Kai's.]
[He seems so out of sorts, Matoba thinks, that he wonders how much experience he really has with the human realm, with human things and society. This resort, which seemingly modeled itself upon the ideals of human desire, might be baffling to an ayakashi from the old era. Ah, but he does know what a bathing suit is. What a curiosity...]
Payment, [Matoba explains,] at least in its most common form, is mutual. If you become a player here, you will be assigned a value. That value may be exchanged with the value of other players, and you will both benefit.
That said, if you currently lack a value, you have nothing equivalent to give me. [His mouth curls upward as he looks Kai up and down.] Unless you'd like to get creative.