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It was his grandfather who’d first paraphrased Audubon for him, teaching him in that wonderfully gravelly voice of his that the outdoors isn’t a place given to boys or girls by their parents; nature is a place you’re borrowing from your
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“Now it seemed that her little brother had gone and grown up while she still had the shallow jiya of a child. Sure, she could wield it more deftly than any child, but jiya was supposed to deepen as a person matured. Somewhere in her soul, Misaki was still a little girl.”
― The Sword of Kaigen
― The Sword of Kaigen
“This is your past. This is your heritage. You are here at this school because you are the descendants of the greatest fighters Duna has ever seen. The best blood in the world flows through your veins. If you learn well, listen well, and work hard, the Sword of Kaigen will survive, bright and sharp, to be passed down to your sons, and their sons after them.”
― The Sword of Kaigen
― The Sword of Kaigen
“I just want to warn you… I don’t want you to make the mistake of assuming you can rely on the Empire to support your community through this time. I’ve been around enough to know that you will be disappointed.”
― The Sword of Kaigen
― The Sword of Kaigen
“That’s what happens when you come into contact with people who aren’t quite like you. You learn over time that the world isn’t broken. It’s just… got more pieces to it than you thought. They all fit together, just maybe not the way you pictured when you were young.”
― The Sword of Kaigen
― The Sword of Kaigen
“Tajakalu may be able to use their physical strength to throw a projectile,” Yukino Sensei said, turning back to his class. “Fonyakalu may be able to use their nyama to push against one. Our nyama is the projectile. When a weapon is made of ice, we can control it down to the molecule. As jijakalu, we are the only race of theonite who can fight with a solid weapon that is truly an extension of the self.”
― The Sword of Kaigen
― The Sword of Kaigen
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