"Yes," he confirmed with a small nod. He didn't bother sugarcoating things for Arthur, suspecting that was where the other man's thoughts had gone.
"But the ways a mononoke comes into existence are as multifarious as there are ways for a person to experience regret. Not all are even dead, though that is more often the case."
He was quiet for a time, setting aside the chopped vegetables and mixed a batter from flour, egg, a bit of salt and the last of his rice wine. It wasn't as though he thought Arthur was stupid, but finding ways to plainly explain nearly nine centuries of dealing with mononoke without dangerously oversimplifying matters to a man who had known without a shadow of a doubt the supernatural existed for maybe half a year was proving to be a bit challenging. There was a lot of context and nuance that he simply had to brush aside.
"When an ayakashi comes into the world, it is drawn to a person's Truth and Regret, creating the mononoke's Form. They become trapped by and in that Regret; their very being defined by it to the core."
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"But the ways a mononoke comes into existence are as multifarious as there are ways for a person to experience regret. Not all are even dead, though that is more often the case."
He was quiet for a time, setting aside the chopped vegetables and mixed a batter from flour, egg, a bit of salt and the last of his rice wine. It wasn't as though he thought Arthur was stupid, but finding ways to plainly explain nearly nine centuries of dealing with mononoke without dangerously oversimplifying matters to a man who had known without a shadow of a doubt the supernatural existed for maybe half a year was proving to be a bit challenging. There was a lot of context and nuance that he simply had to brush aside.
"When an ayakashi comes into the world, it is drawn to a person's Truth and Regret, creating the mononoke's Form. They become trapped by and in that Regret; their very being defined by it to the core."