Sleep. That was all Coyote wanted right now. Was it really too much to ask for with all that he had to deal with, everything that plagued him night and day? Being a leader had not proven as easy as he had once thought it to be, especially when the group he had formed was just a motley assortment of individuals from different backgrounds, their own unique walks of life. To bring this group together into a family was not something that just anyone could accomplish, but Coyote had done so. Many times he thought they would fall apart and resign themselves to a life under the rule of a usurper. Now, the red-haired male had no loyalty to the crown in the first place, not even to Prince Haruka, but he certainly felt a brotherly love towards Haruka as an individual. There was a very big distinction between the prince and the individual, but that was not important. What was important, the issue his mind had completely drifted away from for a moment, were the words that had just came from his friend's mouth.
"We can be quite certain that Hitoshi will think the same way. He'll have guards on the lookout for us. So if we do this, you have to let Carrick and I survey things from above. Charging into things without a plan against such a man is folly, even if it is just a small excursion and not an attack." Coyote wasn't wrong in that aspect, though the more reckless would think of him as being overly cautious considering this was just a small excursion. However, a strategy was needed in times like this, especially with how much this was like a game of chess. If this were true, what would his closest friends be? Haruka would definitely be the [King], the one that was most important to the endgame and thus needed to be defended. Coyote was, without a doubt, the [Queen]. The most powerful piece, the one who could attack from any direction and any distance. Kiyuka was the [Knight], Damion and Reiko were [Bishops], and Akane was the [Rook]. He had no [Pawn] to play, for bestowing such a title upon anyone in the Hangyaku-Sha would be an insult and a gross underestimation of their importance in his life. Just as Coyote had been able to keep the Hangyaku-Sha together, so too had they given him the strength to continue fighting.
"We can be quite certain that Hitoshi will think the same way. He'll have guards on the lookout for us. So if we do this, you have to let Carrick and I survey things from above. Charging into things without a plan against such a man is folly, even if it is just a small excursion and not an attack." Coyote wasn't wrong in that aspect, though the more reckless would think of him as being overly cautious considering this was just a small excursion. However, a strategy was needed in times like this, especially with how much this was like a game of chess. If this were true, what would his closest friends be? Haruka would definitely be the [King], the one that was most important to the endgame and thus needed to be defended. Coyote was, without a doubt, the [Queen]. The most powerful piece, the one who could attack from any direction and any distance. Kiyuka was the [Knight], Damion and Reiko were [Bishops], and Akane was the [Rook]. He had no [Pawn] to play, for bestowing such a title upon anyone in the Hangyaku-Sha would be an insult and a gross underestimation of their importance in his life. Just as Coyote had been able to keep the Hangyaku-Sha together, so too had they given him the strength to continue fighting.
