[Nods a little.] It's power. It's the chance to push the way your school grows... you can be a real force, politically, really in demand, you can do a lot for your family. Or you can run the school into the ground. So it's important who gets chosen, both for the survival of the techniques and the philosophy and for all the people who get dragged along one way or another. So, some of them are really strict, you know? People watch each other and they're being watched, seeing if they'll be suitable heirs or not. So. My grandpa... his main... competition, I guess you would say? Was mostly one other student, named Anotsu. They were friends, but they were competing too, to see who would impress the old master more and get command of the school.
So - my school's stance is... or it was... really strict on form. Tradition. All that kind of stuff. So... my grandfather ended up being the one who got the school. Anotsu was thrown out.
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Date: 2010-03-20 04:44 am (UTC)So - my school's stance is... or it was... really strict on form. Tradition. All that kind of stuff. So... my grandfather ended up being the one who got the school. Anotsu was thrown out.