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Koda was used to drawing a crowd’s gaze. His odd appearance and sometimes beggarly clothes lent itself to being stared at. But Shixiang’s denizens stared at Koda and Miyako together, and that was a sensation Koda was...
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Koda abhorred seasickness. When the monks forced him to go on journeys for supplies with the monks, he spent a few days wretched in the ship's belly, holding his stomach and willing the world to stop moving. This voyage was no...
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Never had Koda stopped someone from committing suicide. It shook him to the core to see Miyako so vulnerable, perched on the razor’s edge of life and death. He'd been so frightened in that moment, for reasons he still didn't comprehend...
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Miyako’s sudden decision to leave shocked him. Koda had no words as she stumbled out of their sanctuary, halting momentarily in the curtain of rain that greyed out her features.
A frown, quick and unbecoming, darkened his features. Had he frightened her...
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Koda stared at Miyako. The distrust in her eyes clashed horribly with the shock in his own.
His mentors taught him to use silence when thoughts came too fast. All at once, Koda considered her name, Miyako — a musical name, a name...
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Koda supposed the woman might have been beautiful beneath the dirt and sorrow. He watched her eat as much as civility allowed, sitting beside her and picking an apple for himself so she wouldn’t dine alone.
What he saw troubled him...
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A Monk's Journey Lore
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A Monk's Journey
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The night before his execution, Koda woke to the sound of a guard rapping at his door.
He rose with a sharp intake of breath, his pulse thundering in his ears. It took a moment to recall...