"Well, obviously," It's kind hard to teach someone much of anything when you left him at the age of twelve Koumyou. Not that Genjo really held it against him. Up until recently he always assumed Koumyou was not expecting the fate that befell him, that he had more time to ready his successor for the future. Hell, even with his new knowledge of the situation Genjo knew that Koumyou wasn't expecting it to happen when he was still so young.

Genjo waded through the water, slowly letting himself sink down to his shoulders so that he could allow his body to float slightly. "Not that I haven't been resilient enough to pick up plenty on my own."

He didn't run into any other Sanzo priests until many years later, but he made do.