The young girl idly wondered how hard it would be to switch his cigar for something a whole lot less disgusting before returning to the matter at hand. "Half, actually. Her father was a human who lived and worked on the mountain that her mother made her own home on. They met, fell in love and married. And a little while later, Rei came along. Which was why the yuki-onna got involved as she did."
"How's that?"
"Apparently Genma stole from her husband's food back before either child was born. The yuki-onna, being displeased at her beloved's being put at risk, went in search of the theif and found him."
"So how's Saotome's mother get involved?"
"It seems that she came looking for her errant husband when he didn't return to where they were staying and found them as the yuki-onna was exacting her punishment. After finding out what had happened, Nodoka had pled for her husband's life, successfully managing to talk to her woman to woman. When her husband had been spared, Mrs. Saotome made a comment to the effect of how nice it could be for them to join their families and that resulted in an arrangement."
"So Rei's..?"
"On the mountain, about to head out to meet her fiancee."
"Hmmm... That should be interesting."
"That's true enough."
"Still, I wonder what's up with:
(Posted Fri, 18 Jul 2003 22:17)
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