who is the smiling stranger

Kujaku has splendid eyes; Ashura thinks them very pretty. They dance with mischief, sparkle like the wheeling stars above, and are so very knowing, so very understanding . . . Not like Yasha, of course. Yasha is special. But Yasha might sometimes be upset by things.

Kujaku would share the joke, whatever it was. Kujaku is the mad uncle who comes in at the turn of the year with unexpected presents, the older brother who has some exciting adventure to get involved in . . .

Sometimes Kujaku's breath smells of raw meat. Ashura is too dazzled to ask why.

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