Gate of Memoirs/Unwilled

Suizen reflects on a life long lost to the whims of a divine calling.
"What is a name?A string of letters with arbitrary meaningthat makes up an entire existence."—Burned note
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Music: "Land of Giants"	Music: "Land of Giants"
 	
*"My fondest memory is of petals."
*"I remember how they floated along the river under a sea of stars, and the scent of temple incense woven into sharp fragrance."
*"As if time would stop forever, and the moon might cradle me in its luminous embrace—"
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*"Until everything was white. Pure white..."
*"Who was I, before I was given the name Suizen?"
*"What are these memories I vaguely remember?"
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*"Was I ever a son of Man?"
*"Had I walked these same palace grounds in garb denoting a station I could barely grasp?"
*"He—His name eludes me. He, who should be I, and yet we are both the same and not."
*"He was not meant long for the world, that much I knew."
*"Like the petals I so loved he faded; but his spirit would not."
 	
*"So I awoke in his stead."
*"Devoid of all that makes him a human, save for that most human of traits..."
 	
*"Imagine that. A kami that misses people."
 	
*"Then a fox came, bearing a little scrap of darkness."
 	
*"Such an obstinate little creature, barely having gained sentience."
*"Each wishing to eke his own meager furrow in life, to be spared from erasure."
 	
*"Most scatter; still more are forgotten."
*"Yet there are some who go on against all odds. These are what the people call heroes. Legends."
*"But what difference does it make?"
*"Theirs is but to do and die."
*"And I... I shall ever be..."
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Music: "Overcome"	Music: "Overcome"
 	
*Suizen: Not bad.
 	
*Hakuzo: Tell me something I don't know.
*Hakuzo: How long are you going to keep this up?
*Hakuzo: I don't have all the time in the world. Unlike you.
*Hakuzo: Too late to turn back, and now you look for some semblance of hope, day after day.
 	
*Suizen: Hope?
 	
*Suizen: Is that what you think it is?
 	
*Hakuzo: Why else are you still here, then?
*Hakuzo lowers his glaive, a sneer on his face.
*Hakuzo: Too proud to take your own life?
 	
*Suizen: Nine times the crow called, and he took to the sky, but could not see Heaven.
 	
*Suizen: His search was ever in vain.
 	
*Hakuzo: That adage is older than my ancestors combined.
*Hakuzo: I wouldn't be surprised if I've been attacking a mouthy phantom this entire time.
 	
*Hakuzo: What a poor impersonation. You didn't even get the haughtiness right.
*Hakuzo: Let's see... I could use a drinking horn.