i know.
kyoami will be strong if he is allowed to live in service. out of role comes status. out of status comes reward.
our emperor shenlei is very strong and very wise,kaede begins, the edict of any vassal.
our family must become important to his aims. i want you to learn all you can from those around you. it is best that you follow layre among the guards and learn the world around you. but you must be a scholar of all things, my son.
it could mean his life.
one day, it might mean his uncle's death.
kaede hopes she might live to see that day.
she sees she has given him much. too much. her smile is wan but firm. he must take these words into his sleep and he must learn to live them. in time all truths would be revealed.
keep watch over tatsu. i will ask the same of her.
it was time to grow beyond childhood, even if he was still only a boy.
