[Motochika crosses his arms and looks down at the deck. Does he really want an answer to that? Does Motochika really want to answer that? It's a depressing sort of question and one with many, many answers. It's times like these where Motochika feels every last one of the years he has on Mitsunari. He's not even that much older, all told, but he's experienced much, much more of the world, it seems.]

Even a betrayal can be reconciled in the end if both parties still live. Rare are those who are so lost that their hearts can't be turned back to the right path.

[Motonari had been one of those rare few. There were none who mourned him, nor should there be. Yet even that saddens Motochika. Every man should have at least someone who treasures his memory when he passes on.]

And should one man betray you, it doesn't keep you from the others who might support you and stand by you. It only kills your spirit and ruins your trust as much as you allow it to.