Lion Head Mesa cupido

the man was quick to denounce such things as pledges, fealty, connection. yet he moved at the helm as auxiliary with the boy as follower, and as he said, crowfeather had made his own pledge.
you don't find that hypocritical? satsu did not expect an answer. she boldly plunged ahead with the thought, he follows you eagerly and you, without root and without cause, lead him nowhere.
she stalls as he speaks further, drawing a conclusion that satsu finds surprising. had he ever tried to dissuade crowfeather? perhaps he was lonely as rōnin; perhaps his loathing of the pledge was a lie.
she is thoughtful.
he is a boy. a healer. he is kind and does not know war. this she knew. this she could recognize, because he was so unlike her samurai brothers who had bled willingly for the han.

is there nothing you can do to change his mind?