(There is a slight pause.)Tomoe: I didn't wait for the news to come to me. I went to Kyoto as well. And... (thinking) I entered in a plot to kill you....(aloud) He died, in a far-off place I didn't know. The happiness I should have had died with him... But maybe it really was my fault. If I had cried and tried to stop him... Because I thought that way, if I hadn't found something--someone to hate, I would have gone mad... (Kenshin holds her close.)Kenshin: It's all right. It's... all right. He was too busy talking to the little girl."There's not much time left. You have to break the chain, now."I took my first real look at the girl. For some reason, she was wearing aheavy wool coat ten sizes too big for her ... and nothing else. She wasclutching at the gold necklace around her neck and shouting at the oldman. "No! I don't wanna disappear!" That's because you didn't listen to me before. Please, listen to me nowbefore it's too late!"Something about the way the necklace glittered by. “It’s just been Maggie and I ever since her father died when she was four,” the woman continues to prattle on. “Usually it’s only us, but occasionally Maggie likes to get fucked by a man. Being a great party tonight, with it being Christmas Eve and all, we figured this would be a perfect time.”“Well...” Chance says, trying to wrap his mind around this revelation. Quickly, he gets into character. He’ll help give the gift that will keep on giving. “Ho, Ho, Ho. Why don’t you come and sit on. Anyway, your card said you have an 'additional surprise'? One I'mguessing you can't show me in public?" I nod, barely suppressing agiggle. "Just so we're clear, if it's a piercing you can't show inpublic, I'm breaking up with you." This breaks my resistance and I gigglegirlishly, desperately trying to keep quiet to keep Sarah's mother fromhearing. Unfortunately, my giggling sets Sarah off and we both quicklyhead up to her room before we give the game away any further."Okay, we're alone now,".