[table][row][cell]Mai Edano[/cell][cell]"Death before dishonor."[/cell][/row][row][cell][sup][color=#2E2C2C]_______________________________________________[/color][/sup]
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[cell]It was like a ninja to not take someone at their word. The honorless creatures that they were didn't seem to have taken her pledge seriously. Of course being a den of thieves and villains, even their children found it impossible to believe one's words. Mai scoffed inwardly, but wasn't their fault. They simply did not understand that when a samurai said to give up their mission or die that it was said, that it existed and was now a bond between her, those that had heard it, the entire universe. She may as well have etched the words into her soul. It would unfortunately be the last lesson that these children thrust into battle would ever learn, but she would make sure that it would be equally etched into their souls as they passed, so that they could, perhaps, take the lesson with them into their next life... it was the least she could do.

[b]"I gave you the only two options before you, surrender or death, and you've chosen death. The word of a samurai is absolute"[/b], she said extending her sword forward. She would only need one against these two, she thought. That the caves had begun to collapse hadn't been lost on her. Roku was bleeding out under the rubble, but she knew that the important thing was that she keep her word. She had to. Even when she was very young, she'd been taught that in battle, following your lord and striking down one's enemy must always be at the forefront of your mind, that honor came before all else, that it was a sign of your lack of resolve to consider your own life in your decisions, that even throwing one's life away was preferable to not taking action when there was action to take. And so she advanced towards the one in the hat, whose smaller stature surely indicated that he must have gotten by on trickery, and slashed at him with enough force to cut the ground that her blade had never touched. A faint glow hung in the air where her weapon had been.

Yes, she would teach them to honor the word of a samurai before they were slaughtered by one. A contemptible loss.

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