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Seldom had Mirumoto Tetsujin's meditation been so difficult. It felt as if the weight of all creation and the heavens were on his shoulders. The matter was among the most serious he had ever faced, if not the most serious.
His duty in the matter was at once clearer than the freshest mountain spring, and yet murkier than the depths of ... well, winter court politics. The information could not be other than correct, given the source. And yet the most obvious solution, and the hastiest, was not necessarily the only one, and there was certainly debt enough involved to warrant serious consideration of other options.
He would have to pursue some advice on the matter. jin demanded that he at least attempt to find a solution that would preserve life. It seemed apparent that Togashi Ayako-san would have sage advice on the issue, if she could speak on the matter. And then, of course, there was Doji Kurohito-sama, and his wife.
Perhaps there was yet a way to avoid staining his blade with the blood of one he had come to consider a friend.