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[ It has been a while or maybe not, but when the feed clicks on - and it's never an accident with this man - what comes up is a close-up of a cup with a milky liquid and a couple of rolls. The rolls look fresh, the liquid looks sort of like skim milk. Some where in the background, Takegami sighs and there's his hand in view, picking up the cup out of camera range. ]

Sake wa hyakuyaku no cho...

[ The cup reappears and is refilled. Takegami toys with the cup and then starts speaking in English. ]

They say that sake was first made when a warrior tried to save his bride from a dragon. In order to lure him away, the warrior took rice and fresh spring water and boiled it together until sake was made. The dragon grew intrigued by the smell and came to sip the brew. While the dragon drank his fill, the warrior and bride were reunited. The dragon was so sated by the sake that he did not give them chase and the couple was able to live peacefully for all their lives.

[ Again the cup disappears as there is a pause in the narrative. The cup is set down with a sharp click and is refilled, and again a pause in-between cupfuls. Takegami's fingers are covered with half-healed scratches, his nails cut short, and the rings on each finger twisted into fine knots. ]

It is the drink of new beginnings and of fond farewells. We drink it under the cherry trees in spring, we bring the finest brew for the newly weds to drink on their first night, and we drink it for births and to celebrate those that had passed before us. There are holidays where we would crack open the barrels it seeps in, there are holidays where we toast the new-born sun. Some medicines are made more potent by soaking in it, and it always with good cheer we raise a cup to each other over our evening meals.

[ The cup is raised out of sight once more and he sighs softly. ]

A pity it is so hard to find here.

[ooc; Japanese proverb is 'Sake is the best of all medicines' ]

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[He just gives a short glance before staring forlornly at the shards of the last glass.]

Don't. You are only going to make yourself miserable by thinking of how little control you have.

I am already extensively miserable about that particular subject...

The more you worry about it, the more problems it will cause you.

[That is why he merely worries a lot in private, so his problems are also private. Equius doesn't quite know what to say here in response to that because yes, he is right. But-]

Think on it. You have the potential to be gentle with your great strength just as I had the potential to be able to play the piano. It took me many years to get to this point in my skill. It all needs training and practice with every breath.

[ He picks up the second glass and holds it out to him. ] You fail. You try again. Sometimes you curse and scream that you will never be good enough, but always, you must try again. How else will you unlock your potential?

I fear I do not have that potential. My potential was to be STRONG and that is very much what I am. [And he adores it, of course but-]

[He looks to the glass being handed to him and stares warily, glancing up at him for a moment.]

So- I have the potential to be a large extent of things? [Like not just a huge destructive force that can really even hug anyone?]

Yes. It takes practice and trying and failing. I have been training with the piano since I was a child. I am over thirty now. It took me thirty years to reach this level of skill.

You are still young enough that slips are inevitable. Try and try and keep trying until you can hold a glass without it breaking.

I suppose I have an extremely long time to better my threshold accuracy... [There's a distant moment of deep, alcohol hazed thought before he looks at him again.]

So everyone then, to some degree, have a sort of- potential for potential? [He may not realize, but Equius saying that is a giant leap. Normally people are born where they are and should stay there, as fate decides. Stick to their caste, their place in the world. So Equius considering that with a more elastic mindset is quiet the event. Drunk or not.]

[He glances to the glance again, slowly putting his hand out to- as lightly as he can- take it. He manages a smile after, something soft but still so some degree- excited.]

Everyone has potential to be more then what they are, no matter what their age.

[ He watched Equius as he takes the glass, smiling. ] Yes. Just like that.

[A small, ginger nod. He smiles, ducking his head down a little and moves a hand up to twirl and fiddle with his hair before curling it behind an ear.]

Thank you.

You are welcome. Now drink water or you will be miserable tomorrow.

Yes, of course...

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