While I'm willing to work to ensure that continues to be the case, though, I'm going to reiterate something I've spoken with one of your advisers about in the past:
It's dangerous to allow the new gods and shinki to remain too ignorant of our situation.
Gestures of goodwill are important, and I've seen some improvements in transparency since I arrived. I believe that your intentions are good. But if those of us without preexisting loyalties or understanding of this world are given reason to suspect that things are being hidden from us, that suspicion falls naturally on those currently in power. It leaves us vulnerable to the words of your enemies, and you in turn vulnerable to those who are slower to trust you than them.
To put it simply, there are always going to be people who will assume the worst that fits with the information that they have, especially when thrown unexpectedly into an unfamiliar, dangerous situation. With someone out to discredit you and turn us against you, you can't afford to leave any more doubt than necessary in us for those enemies to work with. Even if there are things it's difficult to let us know about, think very seriously about whether they're worse than the worst we could imagine if we don't know. If you know anything about why we're here, or about who might be acting against you and why, it might be wiser to tell us than to keep it hidden, however good your reasons for hiding it might be.
[He's getting a little sense of deja vu. "I'm on your side and trust you personally, but if you're hiding anything, it's not doing your public image that many favors at this point" is a position he's had to hold towards his superiors before, after all. (He's not all that eager to be on the losing side of another coup so soon, so the similarities are more than a little uncomfortable for him...)]
If you want advice or assistance in the matter of hunting down the insurgents, I have some experience in that area. You know where my shrine is, I'm sure, and you're welcome there at any time.
Hachiman, Private
While I'm willing to work to ensure that continues to be the case, though, I'm going to reiterate something I've spoken with one of your advisers about in the past:
It's dangerous to allow the new gods and shinki to remain too ignorant of our situation.
Gestures of goodwill are important, and I've seen some improvements in transparency since I arrived. I believe that your intentions are good. But if those of us without preexisting loyalties or understanding of this world are given reason to suspect that things are being hidden from us, that suspicion falls naturally on those currently in power. It leaves us vulnerable to the words of your enemies, and you in turn vulnerable to those who are slower to trust you than them.
To put it simply, there are always going to be people who will assume the worst that fits with the information that they have, especially when thrown unexpectedly into an unfamiliar, dangerous situation. With someone out to discredit you and turn us against you, you can't afford to leave any more doubt than necessary in us for those enemies to work with. Even if there are things it's difficult to let us know about, think very seriously about whether they're worse than the worst we could imagine if we don't know. If you know anything about why we're here, or about who might be acting against you and why, it might be wiser to tell us than to keep it hidden, however good your reasons for hiding it might be.
[He's getting a little sense of deja vu. "I'm on your side and trust you personally, but if you're hiding anything, it's not doing your public image that many favors at this point" is a position he's had to hold towards his superiors before, after all. (He's not all that eager to be on the losing side of another coup so soon, so the similarities are more than a little uncomfortable for him...)]
If you want advice or assistance in the matter of hunting down the insurgents, I have some experience in that area. You know where my shrine is, I'm sure, and you're welcome there at any time.
Be well.
-Hachiman