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The gauntlet has been thrown. Noriaki has been called a bird, and not in the anachronistic cheeky fun British way. That cannot go unpunished.
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Well maybe she can nobly sacrifice the chance to prove herself so that she might speed along their most important journey, while also claiming Kaede her sworn rival and declaring that it is not over yet! And that if it were not for the princess she would have Kaede's head for her insolence!