The notion of honor in battle is what gets men killed when they should have lived.  Remember this moment as the time you signed your sister's death warrant.<br/><br/>It's be a shame to lose the hostage but, then again, enraged opponents were much easier to dispatch than those thinking clearly.  Lopping the head off of the Shakou royalty wouldn't be the worst turnout possible.<br/><br/>She spread her feet in a practiced fashion, and with the speed borne of long practice swept back and around again in what was unarguably a lethal swing. Only an act of divine intervention would stay the blow.<br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Spoiler: Click to Show/Hide</div><div class="spoiler_body">I can has deus ex machina now?  Kinda would prefer people not being dead!</div></div>