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He gave her a respectful bow. Who would have thought that something so beautiful could be so deadly he thought to himself. He kept his smile as he watched her walk away.
Then, as he turned, he spoke into his com, "Ignis est usque reactor." Once he finished, his ship's systems came to life as the door to the airlock closed behind him and he entered his ship. Disengaging the mooring clamps, he drifted a ways from Ainu, plotting a course to Kyushu before he engaged his cruise engine. Within a few minutes, he as gone. His time with Mariko forever changed his thoughts of the Chrysanthemums.....even if his daughter was one of them.