[Away they go then, with this finished. Hanyuu stands and nods.]

Of course. ...The first one, I think of because of our host's Tuesday tradition. [Motives.] I think of that, and also...whatever the creature could be, what other natures it could have.

For the second... In the letter Alani wrote me, that's...how it showed up. I'm sure it was a translation error. Where she wrote it as Kageshiro instead of Kageshirou. [The difference probably not noticeable to one unfamiliar with Japanese.] ...But it was...interesting. Those two kanji next to each other.

"Shadow." "White."

Contradictory.