An Abbysal Abscond

[Amaterasu]

Amaterasu really could not blame the horse for its unease. Truth be told she was glad that it hadn't tossed her off and run away, actually. She put her hand on its neck and whispered calming words into its ear until she got it to ease sufficiently that it would listen. She was glad that having been a wolf - and still having some part of that in her, even now, even here - had given her to speak, even if only rudimentarily, to other animals, as that allowed her to tell the mount to head onward and wait for her at a safe distance. The horse happily obliged and trotted off in a wide arc so as not to get near what it acknowledged as a predator. "Pardon my mare, Tabi. I'm here for you now." As if to underline her statement her ears turned to face their open sides towards Okor, even though Amaterasu could not resist the natural instinct of constantly turning and switching them to check for noises. She just kept them aimed at the other one as best as she could.

While he spoke she used the time given to her to examine him - if he referred to himself as the son of this "Fourteenth Legion" individual, and on that note western people had even weirder names than what she'd thought - a little more thoroughly. No doubt was he held on his feet by some power that transcended normal life. She was no medical expert but just from a simple look she made out twenty sicknesses ravaging his... well, she wanted to say body, but it looked to be metal armor. On the other hand, that same armor was undoubtedly part of his body, the way it behaved was as if it was skin or a carapace. She wondered why he wore it. Plaguelords were more like spirits floating on the wind, not toughened warriors.

As Okor then brought up the ill memories Amaterasu made an almost casual motion and grabbed her hair where it blackened with ink, and drew something in the air besides herself. "Kaze", she whispered so as not to interrupt him, and conjured up a very mild form of her Galestorm technique along with a 風 symbol in the air that quickly vanished again. While the ability was normally meant to blow even mighty opponents back in this case it summoned only a light breeze from behind Amaterasu that blew away the pathogens in the air back at their origin. The consumption of power was so minimal that she could uphold it during their speech without a problem. This put her slightly more at ease.


While his next words may not have been meant to be scolding Amaterasu bit her lip and bowed, much deeper than before and looking at the ground, her palms placed against each other before her chest. Exposing oneself to an attack freely would probably be picked up as a foolish gesture by a warrior but it was a sincere apology from the kami. "I am very sorry not to have stated my name before, Paleblood-san - I pushed it back in favor of grabbing your attention so we may speak. I am..." There, she hesitated for the tenth of a second, the Plague Marine may not even notice it. Arturia's recommendation came back to her, but she dismissed it as fast as it had come up - the Holy Grail war was too unlikely to be taking place at this point. Nobody else had made a mention of it, there were no masters, no attackers... so there was no point in hiding her name, especially not before someone who seemed to have introduced themselves with their real name as well. "... Amaterasu Omikami." This moment of hesitation Okor would likely notice as it lasted for a second or so. He had, as he'd said, named himself thrice to her. His name and two titles, right? She decided to follow suit and picked out two titles that most matched his introduction. "Firstborn of Izanagi, and Kami of the Sun." Another bow. "Once again I apologize for the intrusion. It's just that I died before the conclusion of the battle and I know not what the fate of Hero Teucer was, nor of the other participants. I remembered you as we crossed paths, it brought some memories back." An unspoken question was weaved in there. If he decided to leave it unanswered she would just not dig any further and leave him be.