A musician is haunted by the spirits of fallen samurai.  Two massive men duel for supremacy.  A transforming badger runs a con at a mountain pass.
Niou asked, a little 
scared, and she said...
Preguntó tímidamente a la anciana.
Dudoso, Niou le preguntó 
tímidamente a la anciana.
Niou perguntou e ela disse...