"What they decided, I think, was that you would get enough votes to be sure their man wouldn't win. On paper the man they were running looked as thoug...h he could beat this Webster clown. Unless you drained off a significant number of votes, which their statistician said you would do." Well that pretty much explains the why of it, but what happened to change his mind?" I asked."That's the strange part of this whole thing. The colonel's geek traced the payment to the hitters, so as far as he knew,. Math class was awfully boring that day. We were sitting in algebra two learning the properties of parabolas. What started off as a math problem quickly turned into a piece of art and a bad idea. Kelly Anders was a quiet girl, with long straight brown hair and a nice pair of blue eyes, who was well known for being a bit of an outcast like me. She also happened to have a fear of crawly things. I sketched out a worm that had no teeth, knowing full well that I was pushing the boundaries, and gave. ’ Grayson told Garreth of his own news, but glossed it over in an attempt to diffuse it. ‘Blades? Ye bought more than one? Are ye fighting wi’ two blades noo?’ Garreth asked, picking up on the one thing that interested him the most out of what was said. ‘Aye, I had two made. There’s no sense in keeping it a secret from ye anymore. I had one made fer ye, Garreth. I was waiting fer a good moment tae gi’ it tae ye and I can’ne think of a better one, than yer joining wi’ Therese. The tanners are. Saihitsu-an was more than willing use his skills. The slaughter he wreaked in the name of vengeance darkened his soul. Takashi was an honorable warrior working for a less-than honorable lord. But in the end, he achieved his goal. The murderous dogs who killed his wife, sons, and daughter were all dead now. Yet, that hadn't put his soul at ease.That was years ago. In an effort to find answers to impossible questions, Takashi undertook a spiritual quest. His wanderings took him near and far. He.