"Master Uesugi..." Minamoto Wakasei gave a couple of soft coughs. "Master Uesugi."
As Minamoto Wakasei spoke, he noticed the old man before him staring blankly with an expression that shifted through a series of emotions.
Minamoto Wakasei wondered at which part of his words this man—most likely his father—had started to zone out. Perhaps, he thought, it was his continuous elaboration on the family's power and authority that had made this man recall the time over sixty years ago when he stood as the Clan Leader of the Shieki Eight Families. For the old man, that was a dark period, one that perhaps stirred up unpleasant memories. At this thought, a faint sense of guilt washed over Minamoto Wakasei.
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