Antoniar

“No harm," he said as he danced on, cutting the air. Only now, the snowflakes began to bleed as he cut them. Battle of white and scarlet...
"Oto-san, what can I do?" I wept in the dream, my tears freezing to my cheeks.
"Dance," he said, his face still and calm, his blade whistling through the air. Blood flew from the tip of the sword, painting characters of death and disaster across the white ground.
Dancing.”
― David Kudler, Risuko: A Kunoichi Tale

“Be swift as the wind,
silent as the forest,
fierce as fire,
steady as a mountain.”
― David Kudler, Risuko: A Kunoichi Tale

“Lea found that she was saying things, saying them pretty loudly, but had no clear concept of what she was saying. [Sean and Andy’s] names, maybe. The seventy-two names of God. The capitals of all fifty states.

Love. That word featured in there a lot. Which made sense. To the extent that Lea had any sense left at all.

She was coming. Stupid word, coming. Arriving seemed more like it. Or exploding. Was there a word that meant both?

If there were, it would have described what she was doing. Again, very loudly.”
― K.D. West, The Visitor Entertains

“Soldiers falling fast
Battle of white and scarlet
Blossoms on the ground”
― David Kudler, Risuko: A Kunoichi Tale