[He doesn't respond, though he does think to himself that they could have a far worse, more inattentive commander. Theirs was a small and ragtag operation, but at least they have this as a boon.
Ashitaka steps forward as she gestures to him, nodding at the command.
He pushes up the sleeve of his right arm, baring his forearm for her. The blueish-purple mark extends, serpentine in nature, curling around his arm and up towards his shoulder where it seems to continue further. It also extends to his hand, wrapping around his thumb and inwards towards his palm. It is inert, though it looks markedly different from a bruise - more vivid, more sinister.]
This marks the curse I obtained from the demon I killed. Had I not been given this upon joining COST, [and here he reaches under the collar of his clothing to extract an odd charm on a leather strap kept around his neck: it looks like a talisman crafted from the curving fang of some great beast.] by this point it would have claimed my life.
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Ashitaka steps forward as she gestures to him, nodding at the command.
He pushes up the sleeve of his right arm, baring his forearm for her. The blueish-purple mark extends, serpentine in nature, curling around his arm and up towards his shoulder where it seems to continue further. It also extends to his hand, wrapping around his thumb and inwards towards his palm. It is inert, though it looks markedly different from a bruise - more vivid, more sinister.]
This marks the curse I obtained from the demon I killed. Had I not been given this upon joining COST, [and here he reaches under the collar of his clothing to extract an odd charm on a leather strap kept around his neck: it looks like a talisman crafted from the curving fang of some great beast.] by this point it would have claimed my life.