looking back
In retrospect, Nobunaga is aware that it had always been different seeing things through Pakunoda's memories. Her eyes, after all. Her senses. Her perceptions. Her emotions. All the little shreds of rust and tarnish which cling to the steel of fact and make it that much less valuable.
In retrospect, he could have said that despite all that, her clarity was admirable. She always had a gift to go right to the heart of the matter, and to make the necessary choices.
In retrospect, it's always easy to see what one should have done. Memories make it clear.
In retrospect.
---
Drabble Page