[it's a bit better than any other word he can think of to fill that gap, but a little shake of his head]
There is no one else waking from my world, no. I haven't dared to check who still sleeps, either.
[what good will it do? His former guests, sleeping, could take up an entire row - he shies from the idea of it. The others in the Teahouse, servants, masters, other courtesans... it would do little for him to see them there. To be waiting for them to wake.]
And if I had any family there... I don't know that I would know them, even.
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[it's a bit better than any other word he can think of to fill that gap, but a little shake of his head]
There is no one else waking from my world, no. I haven't dared to check who still sleeps, either.
[what good will it do? His former guests, sleeping, could take up an entire row - he shies from the idea of it. The others in the Teahouse, servants, masters, other courtesans... it would do little for him to see them there. To be waiting for them to wake.]
And if I had any family there... I don't know that I would know them, even.