Just curious, what's your favourite food?
My favorite food? Ah… Surely, compared to you, we swords haven’t tasted nearly enough kinds of food to choose a proper favorite, however…
When I’m not on duty, simple dishes such as omurice and gratin are the ones I seem to make the most for myself. Simple though they may be, they fill me with a sense of… What’s the word…
…”Home”?
[Hasebe laughed a small, quiet laugh, as if he couldn’t believe such a word came from him.]
A strange thing for me to say, isn’t it? Perhaps “home” isn’t the right word after all. But, from all the descriptions of it that I’ve come across - a warm, comforting place one returns to for a sense of peace - …it seems to fit this feeling.
[He was quiet for a long moment with his eyes cast down. He seemed to want to say something, but remained silent. Then, finally, he lifted his head to look at you again and spoke slowly, unsure of his words.]
Master… The day you gave me this form… The day you took me in…
It seems that the shock of the transition had taken most of my memories of that day away, but…
Could it be that…you were the one who made those dishes for me on that day?
