The white woman laughed a final time, then looked askance at the bikuni and added, “You always hide under that hat! Don’t you know everybody knows who you are? Tell them at the castle you are Tomoe Gozen, a widow-warrior and defender of the Imperial House! How can they refuse you entry? An insult to the Emperor if they fail to greet you! Use your head for once, not your steel!”
Saying this much, the white woman withdrew into thickening snowfall, holding the cut part of her sleeve to herself. The bikuni pursued a few paces, finding that the trail vanished almost at once. She could see only the hop-marks of a passing bird; and even these were quickly erased by wind and new snow.
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Jessica Amanda Salmonson lives in the Pacific Northwest. She loves rats and Chihuahuas and has a big collection of gray-market samurai movies. Salmonson is a recipient of the World Fantasy Award, the Lambda Literary Award, and the ReaderCon Certificate. She is a biblical scholar, atheist, vegetarian, progressive, and often annoyed.
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