Vote tally - Burden of the Emerald Empire (A Legend of the Five Rings Tale)

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  3 people have voted

  [x] It was thoughtlessness. You had been focused on being a good Emperor, and on dealing with your own grief, and any number of other things, and, shamefully enough, simply hadn't thought of it. Minoru had been safe, and successful in her studies, and so had been largely out of mind. You are... not good at maintaining personal relationships that are actually personal, rather than being associated with your position. It was not shame that kept you from this, but you do feel shame in your lack of attention now.

  • Sirrocco
  • keenscythe
  • Deadly Snark

  2 people have voted

  [x] It was misguided protectiveness. Minoru was safe and doing very well in the forest, away from your grief and despair and the myriad issues that the Empire was facing both then and now. She deserved the truth, but you couldn't bear to break the shell of protection you managed to build for your daughter from the world outside. You promised Kaname to keep your children safe, and to your shame you forgot what it was like to be a Father, rather than an Emperor.

  • Spector29
  • Kolekzionera

  1 people have voted

  [X] It was fear. Fear of what Minoru would say, your daughter was one of the few people who you had no defenses against, and she was as high spirited as her mother. You hadn't wanted to hear her recriminations, to hear her anger, her hatred directed at you.

  • veekie

  1 people have voted

  [X] It was overprotectiveness. You knew that Minoru could handle the truth, knew she deserved the truth, but you couldn't bear to see the pain you knew the truth would bring her.

  • Reyemile

  1 people have voted

  [X] Fear of what Minoru would say and how much it would hurt, and then shame, shame that you gave in to such fears.

  • Kobolum

  1 people have voted

  [X] It was shame, shame that you had surrendered yourself so quickly to another woman, oh the requisite year of mourning had been met. But still it had been too quick, born of a desperate need to have someone who you could be Hisao with again. A need you hadn't known. Still it was shameful to move on from Kaname so quickly.

  • whydoyoubother