The Sound of Silence

"Sesshoumaru-sama? Why is it you talk so little?"

"I speak when there is need to. And unlike most creatures, I do not fear the silence."

"Why are people scared of silence?"

"Perhaps they still remember that in nature, it is not the noises you should fear, but the times when those noises die down that are dangerous. Or perhaps they fear that if no one can hear them, they do not really exist. So they fill the world with their words, even when they are unnecessary."

"Oh."

A pause.

"Sesshoumaru-sama?"

"Yes, Rin?"

"I'm not afraid of silence."

"I know, Rin."

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