Board Thread:Konoha Logs/@comment-24937485-20161204213625/@comment-24937485-20161207200743

“I thought as much.”

Ikeru thought of his daughter currently in comatose in the hospital, and how long it had been since he and her had a meal like this. His stoic expression hardly betraying his thoughts, he finished him meal in silence, taking a good five minutes longer than Keldran, and exhaled like a satisfied man after he finished. Taking a moment for the foo to settle, he then took a bottle of sake from his lower desk drawer and set it atop his des with two cups; filling each; then shoving one over to Kelran.

“As much as I’d like to, these pleasantries can’t linger for too long. Keldran, I want to help you but I can only do so if you tell me the full truth.”. The sense of urgency in Ikeru’s eyes showed that there was much at stake and that things such as trust and truth were of the highest importance. “Tell me everything. And if my suspicions hold true about you not being guilty then you might prove instrumental in times to come.” He took a short pause. “For there will be much important work to do in times to come. Times where we must never forget that Konoha is its people, not the land of buildings upon it.”

Folding his hands in a triangle, Ikeru would raise his glass of sake to Keldran and then downed its contents before pouring them both another fill of the room-temperature rice wine. As Keldran spoke, the Hokage would take a moment to close his eyes and ‘sense’ the youth only to see a powerful red chakra embodying a dragon; opening his eyes he could see that same essence of power in Keldran’s eyes. –It would be good if you could fill your father’s shoes in the revolution that is to come. The leaf will need a leader when all turns dire.-