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β | + | "I write without preamble or formality, and I hope you understand. I hope, too, that your eyes can pierce through the weakness of my calligraphy. I hold the brush in my shaking left hand, for my right has been mangled beyond the strength of Rabbit Wen's thaumaturgical poultices to heal. If this letter reaches you at all, it will be a miracle. I think the only thing now keeping me alive is my need to tell the fate of the Flying Spears Brotherhood. | |
"Takahara, in the 100 Kingdoms, had our contract. A river cult had been giving them trouble and we were to see them through the harvest. We fought hard to beat the cultists back once and hoped that was the end of it, but a week later we saw their sampans upon the river again. They drifted listlessly towards us, without any sail behind them, and we knew that something was wrong. Cho Hu was the first to spot it, though: every man aboard was dead, his body lashed to the oars and lines. | "Takahara, in the 100 Kingdoms, had our contract. A river cult had been giving them trouble and we were to see them through the harvest. We fought hard to beat the cultists back once and hoped that was the end of it, but a week later we saw their sampans upon the river again. They drifted listlessly towards us, without any sail behind them, and we knew that something was wrong. Cho Hu was the first to spot it, though: every man aboard was dead, his body lashed to the oars and lines. |