It was the River People that proposed the solution. In their culture, a widow could inherit the responsibility and duty if it had been granted to her ...by her husband and that she had a partner, though normally a man, to assist her. So it was that Ivory decided to tell the village that she was prepared to assume the duty of being Ptarmigan’s husband should the Chief never return and that the spirits had sanctioned such an unconventional role. It was a difficult concept to expound to the village,. You had to click enough of the right boxes, from faith to repentance to baptism to other works. Hence why all of these were mentioned in the canon, to hint at this checklist and motivate people with just enough doubt to get people to try click as many boxes as they could. Many Jews also had a special box that they could click for extra credit, tied to the Abrahamic covenant, namely the high holy days of the Torah, especially Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement.“Lord Michael is altering this a bit.. Ashamed I let him slide out of my mouth and went to leave."I'm sorry son", was all I could utter as I started to get up."Don't go. Err, I mean, ummm, how long?"I looked at my son for the first time. "About 6 months, I'm sorry, I know I shouldn't have." I really didn't know what to say to him. How to explain it all.I'm not really sure how things transpired between us that night. I heard him still breathing heavy as I started to get up and then realized that I was still stroking his. Did Sensei Robert teach you?”“Yes, and I took special classes, just as my brother did. Did he tell you he’s attending university in Hawaii?”“He did. And that your parents live in Kobe. I’m curious, aren’t you supposed to be in school?”Sakurako smiled, “Yes, but I have today off to greet our guest. Grandfather made the arrangements. Starting tomorrow, I will bring your breakfast before I leave. School doesn’t start until 8:30am, and it takes about an hour to get there. I am home in time for.