"Her thoughts run ahead of her feet. Her distractions eat at time. Her mind wanders. Her questions are incessant. She seeks me out at all hours for practice. She speaks out of turn, but she also speaks the truth. She forgets pleasantries, but he never forgets people. I often do not understand her, but I do trust her. I was given a student I thought would fail in a short time, but she has shown me not to rush to judgement."

-A progress report written by her sensei, Agasha Choji

Kana was born beneath no banner. Her mother was a traveling merchant, a ronin who enjoyed her freedom. Her father? Well he existed, and still does. Her early life consisted of being on the road with her brother, Sora, and being able to visit different places in the empire. Though back then she was too young to truly appreciate traveling through the Isawa Mori one day, then meeting with Mantis merchants at a busy port the next.

Her trajectory was changed due to her natural talents; speaking with the kami and herbalism. The latter involved some natural talent but her proficiency was mostly due to being hyper focused on learning everything she could on the subject. A letter of recommendation, carefully worded and sealed with a mon she could not bear, opened the gates of the Agasha Alchemist School to her. Kana was an exceptional ronin applicant and nothing more. While others experimented with rare minerals and volatile mixtures, Earth and water pulled her towards herbs, poultices, and slow infusions. She studied how to stop hemorrhages, how to ease childbirth, how to brew tinctures that would not simply dull pain but address its source.

Kana possesses an enthusiasm that the world hasn't dimmed yet...or perhaps won't be able to. She greets the world the way most people greet a duel, fully committed and slightly too loud. Her excitement is immediate and unguarded, whether she is speaking of leaf patterns, the many ways to cook an egg, or which roots can be chewed to help with upset tummies. When something interests her, she forgets the world around her. Courtly subtleties often pass her by. She answers questions directly, without embroidery or deflection, and has been told more than once that there are things one should not say aloud but she does not always understand why.