32 - Aihi
The Furahau ancestral shrine in the Cedar Palace was new, as her parents were the first generation of Emperor-Shōguns since the conclusion of the civil wars. Takeha had commissioned the pavilion during their period of mourning after Mika's death, and now Aihi knelt beneath the ornate ceiling of carved golden dragons guarding Mika's spirit.
Aihi flexed her hand, and the pads of her fingers touched, unable to close into a fist. Yet another reminder of her inadequacy. From abusing her Kajoushoji, she also lost almost all feeling in her feet, and though she spent the entirety of her month-long mourning period healing, the weakness in her ribs never ebbed.
She was not fit to be a Shōgun in her state.
Being whole hadn't made her ready, either. It wasn't until the jun after Lacotl's
