You, looking up... me, looking down. That's where we stand. (thinking) You, who killed my sister; I, whose sister was killed. (aloud) I am in a positi...on to bring down judgment upon you for the sins you committed as a Hitokiri! I'm the one in control. Before you rail against the heavens, you should look to the opponent before your eyes. When there's no one left there to stand against you, then I'll come down.Sanosuke: You remember that! A man doesn't go back on his word!Kaoru: Sanosuke.... Stepping on to the forever busy streets, Ash grabbed a bagel and hailed a cab. Once safely inside he checked his phone, mainly to reassure himself that their parting had been brief, but also see if Lance had tried to get in touch with him. No new messages. Shit. He was kind half of hoping for a ‘You are fired’ text, but he knew the world wasn’t nearly that nice to a guy like him. ‘So what a pretty thing like you heading for a motel like this one anyways,’ drawled out the cab driver, looking at. I had told my sweet Ana I would be home at least three hours later than usual…Before I finished with the paperwork, the office’s phone rang. It was Ana. Sounding out of breath, she whispered: "How are you doing? Are you... going to be....home late as you promised?" Are you okay, babe? You sound kind of winded. How was your day?"She still sounded like she was running a marathon. "Good...good. I am doing great. Uh, uh...I went out to the mall and made a new friend. I bought a little surprise for. At the end of the Great War I, the major cities of Besland were rubble. Millions of people had been killed. Yet twenty years later, those nations which were hit hardest had recovered to the point where they could wage the Second Great War.“It took those same nations fifteen years to recover from the death and destruction of the Second Great War. My interpretation was that the Sviss Treaties I and II had worked. It was pointed out to me that the ‘winners’ of the war had moved directly against.