He nodded though he doesn't think ill of the gods, they had their own ways that he didn't understand. Sometimes it felt like they had abandoned Tai completely. But still, he is their creature so he can't turn his thoughts against them completely.

"I met him... I was ten years old and I had only been on mount Hou, that is where Kirin live before they go to their kingdom, for a few months. Um it was the Shouzan. That is... When a kirin is old enough to talk and transform a flag is raised in their kingdom, everyone who wishes to be considered as the next king or queen travels to Mount Hou. So there were many people and I was meeting them." Hopefully that is all the explaining he will need to do.

"He had stepped in to help one of the nyosen because one of the pilgrims had started a fight... None of them knew I was out in the camps, I had gotten restless and begged the nyosen to let me go with them for a walk. Lord Gyousou was..." He smiled sheepishly. "I was terrified of him at first. He felt like fire, large and dangerous. As if I would be terribly burned if I went to close. He had eyes the colour of blood and I wanted to run a thousand miles from him. I was so scared I barely whispered the words I was to say for those who were not chosen as king and then I ran and hid."