Keeping Aflame
Grains of Optimism
Before they had time to process what had happened to their family, the children were neatly separated, a quotient with no remainder.
Oh, but the… "remodelling" of their household did not go unexplained. With a gentle hand and firm guidance, backed with the clear understanding that the ones they once held dear had done the village a great wrong – yes, these children would go far.
Perhaps the one piece of good that had emerged was the ending of the practice of sealing – in any case, the knowledge of the art had died alongside the final members of the corrupt Hyuga.
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