The Emperor called for a pause while the Tiger skin was brought. The Caravan master was quick to make a gift of it to The Emperor, declaiming it was t...o fine to belong to any lesser man. The Emperor examined it closely, finding no wound, and asked as the cause of such unblemished fur. Another pause, and the bloody arrow was fetched.The Caravan master explained how his men found it within the body of the Tiger, piercing his heart. The Emperor examined the arrow closely, and noted that it did not. If he'd seen even a hint of mockery there, he might have had to sell her or beat her and then sell her, but there was a different message there. He couldn't read it, but it wasn't mocking him.He smiled and kissed her forehead softly. He'd never brought another lemon to school or even finished that first one, but four years later, when he'd left the school, a week still didn't go by without someone mentioning that damned lemon."Corvus, your parents have invited you to join them for lunch."Corvus. "Butthat's not why I'm here. I'll come right out and ask it: how would youlike to work for Spencer and Hall?" My jaw drops as Joshua unleashesthis wholly unexpected question on me."Umm," I stammer. "Wh- wh- they- Spencer and Hall!?" Joshua laughs aloud, booming laugh at my confusion."They love you!" Joshua reveals. "They got onto me today saying 'wewant Jamie on our books, name your price'!" Um, and you'd be okay with this?" I ask, prompting another laugh fromJoshua."Do you know how much. And that I can’t argue with, despite my serious questions about religion and god.”“It seems your entire life is wrapped up in my sister in some way. Not that you’re controlled by it, but that things with her seem to define key points in your life, even after she died.”“And yours as well. At least up to the night we first had sex.”“And after, too,” Karin said. “It wasn’t until we changed her room and other things in the apartment that outside things became more important. I kind of feel guilty.