[dramatic kabuki defense stance, making the sign of the cross, unsheathing my claymore]
"i do not want to step on the fumi-e, your lordship, please don't make me do it to 'em"
he forces me to take the stance of the dogeza and to weep like magdalen at his feet. but, as noble and holy as she was, i stand fast in my conviction. he cannot know that i am a woman behind my blessed raiment.
"there can only be one, my lord, and my blade has felled many."
