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She fell silent immediately. Experience had taught her that Sesshoumaru did not deal well with rudeness, and she had no interest in challenging him.
Biting her lower lip, Kagome cursed herself for forgetting her bow and arrows back at the hut – the time of relative peace they were living in had softened her, making her easily distracted, and she had lost the habit to go around armed when she stayed within her village borders.
She hoped that the time to pay for her forgetfulness had not arrived yet.
Bracing herself, she rose, straightening the folds of her hakama, and waited.
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