Catching up on my backlog of email...

At 10:39 PM 9/3/01 -0700, Michael A. Chase wrote:
(snipping throughout...)

> Now she was pregnant again.  Perhaps it would be another son, but she
> found herself hoping it was a daughter.  She had always wanted a little
> girl of her own, a daughter to treasure and to teach how to be a proper
> Japanese woman.  And any daughter of Nodoka's would be a proper girl,
> she silently vowed, remembering with dismay her own rambunctious youth.
> No, her daughter would be different, and she would grow up to be a
> paragon of demure and gentle femininity.

Ahh.  Yahh.

Ranko: What are you implying???

They battled for three days and three nights, neither combatant able to
> attain a clear advantage.  Quarter was not asked for, nor was it {given :
offered}.
> Strange fires and curious lightnings raged between them.  It seemed as
> if their struggle would never end, but, for a single instant, Yosho's
> blade came quite near to impaling Ryoko's savage heart.  However, that
> precious chance for victory was lost when the samurai hesitated at the
> very last moment to deliver the killing blow, to strike the demoness
> down.  That twinkling of doubt nearly cost him his life, and Ryoko's
> blade came within millimeters of severing his head from his neck.  And
> so their struggle continued, as fierce and unyielding as before.

I'd prefer: Quarter was neither asked nor offered.

Gotcha.  I agree

> Ayaka continued her preparations, feeling her stomach burble once or
> twice in complaint, but she ignored it.  The pistol she picked up was a
> short-barreled 9mm automatic in blued steel, standard Institute-issue
> for an undercover operative like herself.  However, the cylinder was a
> family heirloom, the Red Dragon Spirit Capture Star Sword.  After
> quickly ejecting the magazine currently in the gun, she reached into
> the drawer and pulled out a different one.  The bullets contained in
> this magazine were special-issue ammunition made by the Institute, the
> tips composed of a unique alloy of silver and orichalcum.  Very faint
> runic traceries added to their lethality to supernatural beings.  Each
> round was very expensive to create and was only meant to be used in
> emergencies.  However, the current situation seemed to warrant it.

I'm not an authority, but I've seen that spelled orihalcon most places.

I think both spellings are correct.  I got mine from an online dictionary (the Oxford one, I believe).

> "Wow, Godai-kun," came Akemi's slurred voice from the doorway.  "No
> wonder you didn't want to come to my party."

Excellent.  I loved that.

You are certainly running his life through the old blender in this one.

Well, he makes a good addition to the cast, and I can have some fun with another romantic polygon.

And just imagine if Gendo gets to meet Belldandy.

Thanks for the comments.
Steve
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