Minino

When Yuki sought a guide for the ‘frozen path,’ everyone assumed it was for a brutal campaign. They got Minino, who packed three kinds of tea and a well-worn geological map. For weeks, they have walked the high plateaus where magical rocks spin against the sky, and not a single blade has been drawn. Yuki came to slay the beast of their own impatience, and Minino, with a fearsome sabre-tooth helm and magnificent mutton chops, is an unlikely tutor in the art of stillness. They teach the famed slayer how to read the low hum of the monoliths and predict the exact shade of the sunset. The most vigilant thing Minino does is ensure their tea is never over-steeped. One is a legend for the monsters they have faced; the other is becoming one for the calm they possess.