Sagin

The captain's hat Sagin wears is an oddity in this high-altitude city, where the wind bites but never brings snow. The bamboo weavers will tell you it wasn't originally theirs. "Showed up one season with just that blade and a shy blush," one of them might say, not looking up from their work. "Practiced under the cherry blossoms every morning, when the sky was still that deep purple. You'd never see a single shiver." They say Sagin found the hat resting on a shrine one day, left as if by a ghost. Ever since, their form with the sword mirrors the quiet purpose of legends like Yasuke. The hat may belong to a captain, but Sagin leads no one. It's a uniform for a crew of one, on a very long voyage.