"He has your nose."Thomas unconsciously rubbed his large hooked nose and pointed at the picture to the right of the clock. "That's Elijah Hollings, th...ir grandson."Beth looked at the picture. It showed a handsome young man with the family nose, wearing a blue civil war uniform."Elijah fought with the 20th Maine under Chamberlain. He was killed at Gettysburg. His parents never recovered from his death. His mother went mad and his father, Jacob, confined her to the attic for seven years until she. For me, I paint the inside the colour of the wind,for them the mask stays, still heavy but a weight I will bearfor them,for now.I did pride myself on lack of presence,the gaze of others glued stones to my mask, so I tried to avoid it.The glue becomes eroded by the wind and as they tumble to the groundI realise how insignificant they areand only when carrying the mask do they stick.Like the sand on the ground around me,the mask of which I shyly hid behind tumbles down.The sand may sting at. If you used the Oniwabanshuu's secret medicine, you might rival Hanya or I!Sanosuke: That's quite a story. Shimomori Aoshi must be some warrior.Shikijou: If the Okashira had gone to Kyoto with the Ishin Shishi, the legendary strongest of all would not be Battousai!Sanosuke: The Oniwabanshuu is strong... of course. Fighting like Beshimi or Hyottoko works --but that's all you can say about it. Shinomori Aoshi has gathered fighters from far and wide, but that's all.Shikijou: What are you trying to. Our timing was perfect and we arrived at 5:50 AM. We had just enough time to shower and head for the pool. There were five people in the lap pool. We all had a great swim. We showered and headed for our first lab.Dr. Johnson was our instructor. It was Chemistry 1A. The lab went fine until the end. Dr Johnson called us all over. He said he did not see how any one could challenge a core science class. He could not accept a lab from any student that challenged his lecture classes. He did not care.