[h3]*Yingmei Okudaira*[/h3]
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[b]"N-nice to meet you Akitsugu..."[/b] Yingmei's voice was meek as usual, quiet and easily drowned out above any noise as she responded. This was indeed, weird. Another traveler? Were the others also as such? A small pang of worry built in the pit of her stomach again. Oh dear, the chances of one of them being some specter of divine justice or a bandit went up. The grip on her hoe noticeably tightened again. Just slightly, at least until Akitsugu brought up protecting them if they were bad.

[b]"Weh? I'm sure there will be no need for that!"[/b] She'd shout quite loudly. For her anyways, it was more of a normal volume level for most people. More like she'd hope there would be no need for that. She couldn't handle fighting something. "[b]I-I mean thank you Akitsugu...nngh, I-I'm not sure I can handle anything like that, though..."[/b] She'd sputter out, averting the blacksmiths gaze. [b]"W-well...I mean, I wouldn't want anyone getting hurt...b-but, uhm, y-yes we should probably do that."[/b]

Supposing there was nothing else to say as they would head towards the others, Yingmei would attempt to confidently walk next to Akitsugu, but after a few seconds she had subconsciously lagged behind a little.