The Sword of Kaigen

by M.L. Wang

Misaki had spent years trying to belong with these people. They weren’t like her friends from her school days. They weren’t scrappy visionaries like Elleen, or geniuses like Koli, or unstoppable forces of energy like Robin. They would never change the world, nor understand why someone would want to, but they loved her. She could laugh with them, and that was enough. There were days Misaki could convince herself that it was enough.

A student like you, who can absorb what he is told but also think beyond it, is capable of anything.”