[LAPIS SHOW UR PLEASED FEELINGS... Okuni tilts her head because she's like immediately intrigued by the connotation of Lapis having experience that dead people like offerings.... THAT'S COOL, ACTUALLY]

Oh, yes -- that and a few other things. The people here value assimilation over all else, so striking out on your own or standing out in any capacity is frowned upon. That, and there was a bombing recently.

[TRULY CAREFREE...]

There's little charm in hiring a bunch of outsiders that like to blow things up... Except I don't really see a problem in that, so they're probably just strange.