"It seems I really did pick the right person. You truly are shameless enough."
"In that respect, no one can hold a candle to you."
"You are the undisputed king," the city lord said with a smile.
"You flatter me. This is already me keeping a low profile. I don't like drawing too much attention to myself."
"Stop. Let's get down to business."
"Do you actually have a way to change the current situation? I don't want to see Heavenly Water City truly go downhill under our rule."
Change it?
What was so impossible to change about this? Weren't they just embarrassed and unsure how to face each other?
Wouldn't it be enough for someone to break the ice first and talk things through?
It was clearly such a simple problem, yet because neither of them could swallow her pride, they had dragged it out for ten thousand years. Wasn't that fucking asking for suffering?
"With people, the hardest thing isn't being unable to speak, but choosing not to."
"So many things, so many relationships, gradually come to an end because you don't speak and I don't ask."
"If you have something to say, say it boldly. Don't torment yourself, and don't leave the other person guessing."
"You can't be good brothers, and you can't be a happy couple either, but you can be good sisters."
"Don't tell me you still can't swallow your pride?"
"Alas, it's not as simple as whether I can swallow my pride anymore. Things have already gotten this bad between the two sides. How am I supposed to go to the City on the Water?"
"If I go, they'll see it as a provocation. I'm afraid a fight will break out before I even get a chance to speak."
"That would only make things worse."