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"Would there be samurai or geisha without kabuki?" Genji said. "We are so fond of melodrama, are we not?"

"Shall we surrender?" he said mildly. "I think we should. After all, we outnumber him only fifteen to one, we have only muskets to oppose his bow, and we are surrounded. Or at least I think we are. How is it that one man can surround fifteen?"