then the idst of an ever so rare and ever so aard silence that perated the air, he heard a voice

"you okay?"and it echoed

"i' fe, gojyo, really"

the halfbreed lifted a slender brow "but i didn't even say anythg"

chapter 2: strange tis

"the other shape, if shape it ight be called that shape had none

distguishable, ber, jot, or lib;

or substance ight be called that shadow seed,

for each seed either; bck he stood as night;

fierce as ten furies; terrible as hell;

and shook a deadly dart what seed his head

the likeness of a kgly crown had on"