to be quiet despite the loss of her power was easy enough, and the reverence she held at the cherry blossoms was doubtless. indeed, tsubomi spent a few moments gazing at the trees, thoughts flooding her mind. here she was, in this serene place. she didn’t know what happened to her siblings and friends, and she was just here taking time to herself.
to deny that it sent a twinge of guilt would be lying. as the commander of the mekakushi dan, she had to find a way back. the thought was almost as drastic an interruption as the sight of movement out of the corner of her eye, breaking her out of her reverie.
someone was gathering fallen blossoms, which admittedly made her curious as to why. maybe to press them? or the woman was perhaps gathering them to simply have them around her home. she didn’t quite know, but it couldn’t hurt to ask.
tsubomi took a breath, before approaching the other woman with a smile. “did you need help gathering?”