You don't notice any bandits, just a lone Kitsu Shugenja looking for a shrine.
Matsu Niko dismounts her horse and walks softly towards the Shugenja and says, "Kitsu-san, is there anything we could help you with?" My name is Matsu Niko."
"I'm looking for the Shrine of the Three Ancestors," he says. "I've just presided over a funeral of a Matsu, and they wanted me to send their offering to Akodo."
Matsu Niko after hearing that someone in her extended family has passed away asks softly, "What member of my family has recently passed away?"
Matsu Niko after hearing that someone in her extended family has passed away asks softly, "What member of my family has recently passed away?"
"Matsu Akane, an elderly great aunt," he says. "One of the nuns of Shintao."
Niko nods in respect to her great aunt's passing. She says, "Would you like us to accompany you to find the shrine, Shugenja-san?"
"Your company would be welcome," he says.