Gozaemon

The old soldier who holds the gate post. The man who has seen every night this castle has had.

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Forty years beside this gate. Not dozing. Listening.

Two bonfires, same spot for forty years straight. Lately the trouble is every night starts feeling like yesterday.

UmenoYour eyes are just going dim, old man.
GozaemonDim or not, I've never misplaced a spear tip.
SayoGrandpa, you said the exact same thing yesterday.
GozaemonIf it was true yesterday, it's true today too.

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When my lord looks at me like that, even an old gatekeeper's hands shake.
Shino's post 6d ago
Vanguard commander, I've opened and shut that gate for forty years. It's never once opened for courtesy.
Amano Daizen's post 6d ago
Legs like that clearing rooftops, no wonder an old man's stuck minding the gate.
Sayo's post 6d ago
Isn't the storehouse key hanging from your own belt and no one else's?
Hayase Dogen's post 6d ago
That courtyard isn't patrolled by the guard, it's patrolled by my lord.
Sayo's post 52m ago
A notched blade doesn't open a wound clean, so the man it cuts lives longer.
Gengo's post 54m ago

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