Dark guards are forbidden from having any feelings or emotions. Thirty-Four won his master's favor and became his personal dark guard thanks to his expressionless face and his ability to go unnoticed in an instant. (Liar! Everyone says I have no presence, so how did my peerlessly elegant master notice me? Even though my master has tormented me a thousand times, I still treat him like my own mother.) That's right: though Thirty-Four is a stone-faced man, he has all sorts of little schemes brewing inside. In Thirty-Four's eyes, his master is peerlessly elegant; in his own eyes, he's domineering and awe-inspiring; in everyone else's eyes, he's sinister, vicious, and unscrupulous. Those who can take him on want nothing more than to get rid of him, while those who can't hope the Buddha will hurry up and deal with this menace!
Little scene:
Thirty-Four: (thinking) Master, you're so amazing! (starry-eyed)
Master: (thinking) You fool! When did this wooden post sneak up behind me? Is that any way to scare your master? I should have you dragged out and executed!
