All he saw was his own blue eyes staring back at him, the black-haired Purring Tiger on the other man's arm equally unnoticed.
The two women looked at each other, he saw, then linked arms and stepped back.
He didn't look away from his brother. He wondered why his brother was crying.
“Brother, why are you crying?” Seeking Sword asked him.
“Brother, why are you crying?” Flaming Arrow asked him.
They stepped forward as if to hug but Flowering Pine stepped between them. “My sons, remember that you're twins, and remember your talents.”
They both snorted. “Never had a trace of one, myself,” Flaming Arrow said.
“Nor I,” Seeking Sword added.
“I know,” Flowering Pine said. “That's what worries me.”
“And me, Lords,” said Healing Hand, coming out of the fortress. Behind him was his father, E
