As he wandered around the shrine, Masahiko looked up to the sky to gaze at the clouds that float around against the light blue sky. It was a relative peaceful day compared to other days where he'd seen worse. As he admired the clouds above, he noticed a flash of movement travelling up the shrine grounds. Concerned and curious about the movement, he paced over near the front of the gates to get a closer look.

The soldier's apperance was a great suprise to Masahiko, as he was not expecting a visitor for a while. The knife that he was holding brought the shrinekeeper to a shock, not expecting for any sort of weaponry to be brought up oblivious to the uniform Backing up to avoid any danger that would oppose him. Masahiko was hesitant if to send the soldier back down, deciding to ask him of his objectives before he made any judgement.

"Excuse me, sir. Are you in need of anything that would bring you up to the shrine?" he'd asked the soldier, his voice grew louder untill he thought that the soldier could hear him. Masahiko had no weapons or equipment that he could defend himself at the moment, even so, Masako would not allow him for any sort of violence in shrine grounds.