Chimper #2584
Satohiko the Climber never spoke of Minamoto, nor did they carry the weight of that famous bloodline into The Heart of the Forest. The locals have their own theories. The children, seeing the ramen hat, assume they are a chef who lost their restaurant. The lumberjacks, eyeing the adventure sword on their back, whisper that they are a disgraced warrior in hiding. But all anyone ever witnesses is a serene chimp sitting by the river, enjoying a bowl of noodles with a quiet focus that borders on meditation. The epithet came with them, a rumor from another land. Some say they scaled the sheer obsidian walls of an enemy fortress under a moonless sky, not to fight, but to deliver a single, war-ending message. Satohiko just smiles when asked, offering to share their broth.
