At the question of retiring there Kazuki gave a small laugh, though there was a small sadness in his eyes showed it was something he considered greatly. Perhaps that -was- his reason for wanting to take things back, to avoid that inconvenience. "Ah, probably not--but I'm going to visit every time I'm out that way, to be sure. My mother would kill me if I didn't! She can be...pretty scary, but, a good woman. Strong." Said with a fondness one can only give to those they don't just know and love, but respect dearly.
With his question of why Kazuki left, the Wizard looked to him, that grin becoming a bit smaller and he gestured to an open table before he went and sat. Waiting for the fire mage to join him either by sitting or standing, he would eventually speak. "It's complicated, and depending on your views, pretty crazy but..." A deep breath was taken before he shrugged, as if it wasn't a big deal anyway. "My village believes that everything has a spirit, from the trees to the insects--and everything has a purpose it's born for. Wolves keep the population of deer in check, so that they don't eat all the vegetation, which in turn let's insects do their work which in turn helps keep the ground fertile and so on and so on." He paused here. "It's...well, outside of the village it isn't practiced much, from what I've gathered, and I'm not here to force anyone into our point of view. We simply believe that every being has a right to life, but we also understand that things kill to survive--after all, those wolves don't politely ask the deer to be their dinner. Humans are no different, born of Mother Earth just as any other animal..but we have the tools, the knowledge, to make a difference--a lasting impact--that most other races cannot. The Great Mother--what we call the Earth--has been harmed more by us than any other being around. We clear forests to make way for progression, dig up earth to form stone cities, we mold her to what we need her to be, to protect ourselves. But, every being can only take so much, and as I said, we believe everything is alive, especially the planet. It's commonplace for our people to commune with the spirits when we're expecting a new arrival, to ask their guidance and blessing. Apparently before I was born the spirits told my mother, father, and nearly everyone who asked that I would be the first to leave the village, to right the wrongs done to the Great Mother--her wrath incarnate." He held up his hands a nervous laugh given. "I'm not here to raze cities or anything, and it's a bit much for me to believe too--and I wouldn't, didn't, until it came time for me to commune with the spirits myself. As is custom, at adulthood, I performed my Rite and spoke with the spirits, asking for their blessing. Remember how I said fire mages were rare for us? Fire spirits don't generally give their blessing, but they know it's needed so they do just begrudgingly. The Great Mother is even more fickle. Most of our mages magics are wind for milling, or plant-based for growing crows. Even my mother uses wind based magic, but she is a huntress--kinda cheating, but hey, work with what you got right? There has never, in the history of ever, been an earth mage in our village. I was the first to ever been given this, which just further backs what they believed. And so, they implored me to travel...and here I am. I don't do this for me, I do it for her." He stomped slightly on the floor at this. "We're her greatest enemy, but also her greatest ally. I guess I'm supposed to use my judgment to figure out who's good, who's bad...and that's a bit much, I'll admit. I mean, you met me, do I seem like the type of guy you'd want to leave your fate to?" A laugh given. "I know I'd prefer someone with a biiiit more experience! But, that's the jist of it. I'm just doing what I believe to be right, what I hope is right. I want to get strong enough to be able to commune with every spirit, not just those who want to talk to me. I want them to recognize me as their greatest ally, their champion. When things go wrong, I wanna be the guy the spirits cry out to for aid." A blush reached his cheeks. "Perhaps a bit juvenile, but it keeps me going."
His shoulders rose slightly. "I joined Fairy Tail because...well, I missed home. We were very close, it's all I knew." His hand reached the back of his neck as he rubbed it slightly, blue-greens shifting. "I guess I was just lonely, but from what I've seen...I made the right decision. I like it here. It's loud, reminds me of our nightly get togethers back home. Though ours was generally around a fire, under the stars, but the atmosphere is the same: family. And that is what's most important to me." A long pause before he placed both hands on the table, leaning towards the fire mage as his trademark grin made it's way back.
"So! How about you! Gotta be more interesting than a bunch of religion, eh!?"