I sighed. There were always complications.I rose and walked to the woman."Who's that?" she demanded, her voice cracking. A tremble ran through her.Wha... would it be like to be afraid?The woman licked her lips and took a step back until she realized I was female. "What is going on? Who are you? Where are your clothes?" She peered over my shoulder at the writing farmer. "Is that Alleth?" Yes," I answered as I moved within arms length of her."Is he—"I sprang. My hands seized her neck. She let out a. Then slowly she lifted her right leg to bring it around behind my back. As it lifted she guided her skirt up presumably to not expose herself any more than she had to. Time seemed to slow to one hundredth the normal speed. The more her right leg lifted the higher her skirt went. I watched her left leg closely without turning my head as more and more of her pantyhose were revealed. The light was angled perfectly and the shine of her nylon covered legs was mesmerizing.When her right leg reached. I turned back to the painting and just could not understand how he could nit pick and point out such petty flaws. No one looked at a painting and saw those things! They looked at the picture as a whole and– My thoughts were stopped in their tracks, and I thought back to myself, standing in front of the mirror, finding every tiny thing wrong with me. Things that my husband, and many others, just did not see. They saw me as a whole, as who I am, all wrapped up together in a body that may not be. I want you to take care of him.Sanosuke: Don't say it like I'm an assassin. Whether he dies or not is up to fate; it's got nothing to do with me. If I enjoy the fight, that's all that matters.(Outside the Higashidani house. Kihei holds a bow and an arrow with a note tied to it.)Gohei: Aim well, brother. As it is now we're just flunkies.Kihei: I know it! If I kill him now there'll be nothing for Zanza to do. We'll turn the tables on him now!(He fires; Higashidani snatches the arrow out of the.