[038] - [Voice]
Apr. 8th, 2011 11:53 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
onwhitewingsI wonder how much longer our visitors will remain?
[Mitsuhide sounds thoughtful.]
Unusual creatures. It has not escaped my notice that some of you have ridden them? I considered it myself for a while, but... I doubt they will be here long enough to train properly, if indeed they can be properly trained at all.
[A brief laugh.]
I remember, when I was in my teenaged years, assisting in the training of a bear for the first time. That is never easy. Bears make fine mounts in battle, strong and loyal, but require much more work and patience than the average horse would. My father liked to share my experience as a good example of how not to handle the task to the rest of my family. No young samurai-in-training likes to have such an embarassing tale shared around, but it motivated me to try again in the proper manner, at least.
To this day, however, I still prefer horses.
[Mitsuhide sounds thoughtful.]
Unusual creatures. It has not escaped my notice that some of you have ridden them? I considered it myself for a while, but... I doubt they will be here long enough to train properly, if indeed they can be properly trained at all.
[A brief laugh.]
I remember, when I was in my teenaged years, assisting in the training of a bear for the first time. That is never easy. Bears make fine mounts in battle, strong and loyal, but require much more work and patience than the average horse would. My father liked to share my experience as a good example of how not to handle the task to the rest of my family. No young samurai-in-training likes to have such an embarassing tale shared around, but it motivated me to try again in the proper manner, at least.
To this day, however, I still prefer horses.
