After all, this thing we call samurai honor is ultimately nothing but a facade.
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Swordsmanship untested in battle is like the art of swimming mastered on land.
Motome Chijiiwa was a man of some acquaintance to me.
When my master's house fell we immediately left the domain and moved to Edo. The streets of Edo were crowded with ronin - flotsam from the Battle of Sekigahara. In former times, other clans would have gladly taken in any ronin who'd earned a name for himself. But in an era no longer in need of warriors or horses, so peaceful that no wind even rustled the leaves on the trees, it was a constant struggle simply to find a meal. Indeed, it shames me to recall our miserable lives of these last eight or nine years.
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