Suggested changes: {before : after}
On Fri, 25 Oct 2002 15:24:21 -0400 "L.S McGill" <lsmcgill@hotmail.com>
wrote:
"Um," Ranma answered. "Well, I was kinda forced into them. Akane and I
were promised since {I :} we were born. Then {dad : Dad} took me on a training trip to
China, and I kinda ran afoul of this Amazon whose laws say she has to marry
me since I beat her, then there's my friend Ukyo, who says my dad betrothed
her to me when I was six." He took another sip of the coffee. "I guess I
loved Akane, in some ways, but I just don't know what to do."
Ranma, ever the man who couldn't stand to see a woman cry reached out a hand
to Shampoo's shoulder. "Maybe Setsuna's right. Maybe there's a loophole in
the laws. Maybe Cologne knows something. Look, I'll go with you to the old
{ghouls : ghoul}."
Ranma shrugged. "I got you to thank for my wives. Whatever the reason, I
still love them. I owe you is all. Let's go see what the {Ghoul : ghoul} has to
say."
"Ranma Saotome! You two timing jerk! Die!" The mallet was raised to attack
position
Shouldn't that be four, make that five, timing? :}b
"Yes, {love : Love}. Look. Amazons are a matriarchal society, so a woman is a
member of the ruling and warrior castes. She's the Champion, which
effectively make her a princess. You are her legal husband, and you are
refusing to acknowledge this. She's here in Japan because she can't go home
as a disgraced woman, and she can't marry anyone else. For an analogy, it's
like you got her pregnant. All Cologne and Shampoo have been trying to do
is get you to live up to your responsibility."