thrities, but with these backwoods Chinese it was hard to tell.  She
twirled her naginata and pointed it at him.  "You are Andrew Saotome?" she
demanded.

Actually she should be asking "You are Andrew Fujihara?" as he hasn't
met or been adopted by the Saotomes yet.

Enjoying the story, btw.

--- Janet (JLGauntt@aol.com)