Five days later, mid-afternoon, and Danny is practising some hanbo techniques in the Red Scarves dojo. Halfway through one of the routines, he becomes aware of the presence of two people watching him. "Don't you have anything better to do?" he asks, continuing with his routine.
"Of course," Eun replies. "We're just taking a break."
"I have to admit, you're not bad," Nari adds. "Heck, if you keep working at it, you might actually be competent one day."
"Of course, you'd have to get rid of that ridiculous stick you insist on using and get some real weapons," Eun finishes.
"Staff weapons are a Brock tradition," Danny states flatly. "Just as butterfly swords are a Kim tradition."
"So you agree the Kims are better than the Brocks," Eun smirks.
"After all, we have the better traditions," Nari adds. "Oh, and we also have more glory, and have contributed far more to the Scarves than the Brocks ever will."
"Come on Nari, let's leave him to wave his stick about," Eun decides. "We'll go practice with our real weapons."
The Kims depart, leaving Danny to continue his solo practice. But his concentration is broken, and after a couple of minutes, he decides he's had enough, and leaves the dojo.
Two hours later, Danny is once again in the library, reading through the first volume of the history of his lineage, trying to find some form of solace amongst the pages. However, it's not working. With a sigh, Danny starts idly flicking through the pages, barely paying attention to the contents. About two‑thirds of the way through the book, he notices a picture of considerable interest. At first, he doesn't react, instead flicking through a few more pages. Wait, what was that I just saw? Danny returns to the page with the picture he spotted, and takes a closer look. Is that…
His interest piqued, Danny locates the correct volume of the Kim lineage history, and tries to find the matching entry. However, his search proves unsuccessful. Well, that's interesting. Something in the Brock history that has been omitted from the Kim history. Question is what, and why? Returning to the Brock book, Danny reads the entry that accompanies the picture carefully. Hmm… not enough detail to be sure. That comes as no surprise, given how terse the Brock history entries are. Then again, there may be more detail elsewhere…
An hour later, and with half a dozen books from as many lineage histories laid out open in front of him, Danny begins to reassemble the missing information. Slowly, piece by piece, it falls into place. And after half an hour of frantic scribbling and fact-checking, Danny finally completes the puzzle.
This is… it's unbelievable! How could the Kims do something so despicable? Suddenly aware of the magnitude of his discovery, Danny decides to leave the library as quickly as possible, heading straight to his room to hide his notes in the safest place he can find.
This information has to be released, but not yet. I need more evidence to be absolutely sure, and I need to make sure the info gets out without being attached to me if I can help it. There's no glory in shaming a lineage, after all…
