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But... were his parents brutally murdered in front of his eyes and he's posting from a mountain ninja sanctuary?
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Mountain ninja [i]assassin[/i] sanctuary. And I'm horribly bullied by the other students because...because...

Uh...I'll need to get back to you on that. I'm sure there's a reason other than angst-building personal-history drama that will boil over in chapter five.