Su-ling, Ki thought. See what I have left for you. Many of your people will prosper. They will be your children ...
He wondered what to tell her next. He wondered how to say it. All the while, he dreaded the time when he would have to say farewell to her hovering spirit.
It was then that one of those ghosts out of his past found him.
It was his old teacher, the master samurai Hirata. What is this? the kami scolded gruffly. Weeping? That will never do! Do not mourn, but see to your blades! A samurai’s blades can never be too sharp to cut through this world!
Smiling, Ki rose to leave the prayer hall. One’s karma is one’s karma, he mused. One learns to live with it, and live it out. There were many adventures left for Jessica Starbuck and himself to enjoy. Ki was ready and willing to confront them all!
Ki walked out of the prayer hall. As he left, there was not one monk who did not touch the floor with his forehead in homage to their samurai.
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