[wow. maybe this is an early sign that mizu is afflicted and you should kill me? much to think about.

mizu makes a face, a good chunk of that good mood instantly evaporating. scoffs.]

There was no place for beauty in that village. Only space for filth and squalor. The only fish worth anything were the ones you could eat or sell. [... looks at the koi again, thinking.] I bet they had ones like these in Edo. There was a big castle there, filled with useless, pretty things.