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The fact is, I can hardly wait
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to join Motome and Miho and Kingo
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in that world to which
they have gone ahead.
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But I would never be able
to face them
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were I to go empty-handed.
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I think you can understand that.
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I thought perhaps once I had explained,
then even members of the Iyi Clan
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would surely say,
"Oh, so that's how it was.
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Perhaps we were overzealous that day
in rushing to that end.
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Anyone can see that our handling
of the situation was less than ideal.
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Perhaps there were ways
in which we carried things too far.
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No doubt both parties could have
conducted themselves to better effect."
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If I could take with me
even a single word in this vein,
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it would be a comfort to Motome.
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Was this not the most fitting gift
I could hope to take him?
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Such were my thoughts,
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but I see now it was nothing
but wishful thinking.
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If you can see that,
then it makes the rest easy.
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This world does not bend
to sentimental tales.
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If you really think
that samurai honor
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is ultimately nothing more
than a facade...
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then you never had a chance
of swaying us.
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So in the end,
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these have been nothing but the
useless grumblings of a cranky old man.
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But it does no good
to lament that now.