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characteristic fashion. Shuyun held the coin in the palm of his small
hand, staring with the ageless eyes remarked upon by everyone
who met him. Hojo reminded himself that this small monk, no
larger, and barely older than Lady Nishima, had once defeated the
most famed kick boxer in all of Wa. Despite his appearance and
quiet manner, he was as formidable a warrior as General
HojoЧperhaps more so.

УI agree entirely, Lord Shonto,Ф Shuyun said. УThey have even
been struck by the same die. A small irregularity can be felt along
the inner edge.Ф He turned the coin over and ran the ball of his
index finger around the central hole. Both Hojo and Shonto did the
same, with some concentration. Shonto looked at his general and
Hojo shook his head almost imperceptibly.

УI do not doubt that you are right, Shuyun-sum,Ф Shonto said,
Уthough it is beyond my senses to feel this.Ф The lord turned the
disk over in his hand and realized he held the coin that had been
taken from the raiding barbarian warrior. The strange dragon
etched into its lustrous surface seemed to look at him with some
suspicion. УLord KintariТs dissolute son, a barbarian warrior, and
now the coins Lady Nishima brings from Tanaka: Сfrom a trunk the
Imperial Guard spirited onto a ship,Т Tanaka tells us. A ship bound
north. That is all we know.Ф

They fell silent and a sudden cloudburst unleashed a torrent of hail
which battered the tile roof with a clatter that would not allow quiet
conversationЧprivate conversation. Shonto reached over and
opened the screen a crack that they might watch the spectacle.

Hail turned to rain and Shuyun broke the silence. С ТIt is one of the
lessons of the Botahist-trained that there are times when
speculation serves little purpose, Lord Shonto, General Hojo, if
you will excuse me for saying so. If we have considered all
possibilities, then we must accept that we do not yet know enough.
Coins come from Yankura and make their way into the desert: that
is truly all we know. There are, however, other concerns which we
can act upon. My teachers taught that we should begin where we
may and practice patience where we must.У

УYour teachers were wise, Shuyun-sum,Ф Shonto said, surprising
Hojo. He had never heard anyone but their former Spiritual Advisor,
Brother Satake, come so close to criticizing his liege-lord. It was a
measure of how much Lord Shonto had come to trust this monk in
the short time he had been in the Shonto house. The lord turned
the coin over in his hand one last time and then returned it to the
table.

An almost imperceptible knock sounded on the inner screen and
Hojo moved to open it a crack. He listened to a voice neither