Her words may have seemed kind, but...

I think it was out of malice.

There's lots of people who just want to take it out on someone else.

Youkai or hermits even more so. The longer they live, the harder their twistedness becomes for anyone else to understand.

Are you like that too, Ichirin?

Good question... Even if I like to think I'm living my life justly... I could still hurt someone without realizing.