The small girl appeared quietly behind the blind monk.<br/><br/>"Mister Zato?" she asked, to get his attention.<br/><br/>"Could you take me to the shrine...?" she looked up at him, hands held together by her waist.<br/><br/>"I-I want to talk to Mister Vern..." the tears that had begun to dry on her face had left her eyes red along with her normally pale cheeks.