I Join Clan Tenya Today

I leave Hoshiakari soon, to travel to Ōtsu for my first day as a member of Clan Tenya. I have not been this nervous about a new assignment in quite some time.

Akane is still in Edo, so she can't fix me bento and send me off with a kiss. But the way of the ninja is perseverance, and so I shall make do, even without the comforts I have become accustomed to.

I feel that I should have spent the weekend practicing kata, but I'm not sure what kata would have been best to do - or even which weapons I'll be called upon to use today.

No purpose is served by worrying. I must prepare my things, and go.