Michael Chase wrote:

I hope this means your email has stopped acting up.

Actually it means my computer is now acting up after installing an optical
mouse. Darn thing doesn't want to boot up much of the time.

The fun never ends. :(

Used grammar comments, as always.

 > hopes that the rebellion was a phase she would grow out of were

quickly growing dim as she became worse with each passing month. In
truth, she reminded Mikado of a younger version of that thuggish
Akane girl Tatewaki seemed to have his sights set on.

Or Nodoka Saotome nee Himura, Kimiko Tendo nee Nakakami, Achiko Masaki,
and Kenseiko Kunou nee Idomo.  There is a substantial, if tacitly
ignored, culture of samurai-ko that Minato would be quite at home in.

Yes, but Mikado, mysonginist (sp?) that he is, doesn't find it desirable.

A fleeting look of sadness crossed her features. Accepting the
dismissal, she bowed demurely and walked off without another word.

Sounds like she's not quite so bubble headed as the men in the family
would like to believe.

True, they are seeing what they want to see. But she 'knows her role' and
acts accordingly.

Mikado nodded in approval of his mother's reaction, which was that of
any true noblewoman. That was another reason he favored Kodachi. She
knew her properly submissive role as well. Such characteristics
confirmed the knowledge that she would make an excellent wife and
mother of his children, unlike that bitch, Asuka Saginomiya. All she
was useful for was a bedwarmer, though she did fulfill the role quite
well.

How does he relate that to the fact that Kodachi beat Asuka their last
few times out?

Mikado: Asuka had it coming. But Kodachi has been servile for years, and in
my presense, she will continue to do so.

 > Keitaro and his younger brother Yoshihiro, who was but two years

older than Mikado, were male heirs in front of him. That made Mikado
the third most powerful member of his family, once his uncle passed
on.

I doubt which ever of them succeeds will permit anyone even a fraction
of their control.

As much as they can deny, yes.

 > contact occurring earlier than Keitaro {predicted : expected}, his

weapon was sent out to the side, leaving an opening Mikado took
advantage of as he drove the end of the weapon into Keitaro's flank.

Just a little look into Mikado and the way the Sanzenins operate.
Hope you enjoyed.

There seems to be more to Yoshihiro that he normally displays.

If it wasn't for the drugs, he'd be more astute. But he is the decadent
slug, and if Shadowlaw has it's way, will be done away with some years from
now.

Thanks for the help.

DB Sommer

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