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The Hitokiri's Burden II
Nothing weighs on man
as does a sword stained
with the
blood of innocents...
Author's Note: I wrote this shortly after The Hitokiri's Burden, inspired by my recollection of Kenshin's line about how the bloodstained sword drags you down to the depths of hell. (Internally I balk at the word "man" in the first line, although I know that used in such a sense it isn't meant to be gender-exclusive... If anyone reading this is as touchy about the subject as I am, please forgive me! It's the syllable limit; I wanted to have the first line be "Nothing is so heavy," but it didn't fit, and I didn't like the sound of just "Nothing so heavy," and "Nothing weighs on a man's soul" doesn't fit either, so I settled for this... --sweatdrop--) While one could argue that the men Kenshin had to kill were far from innocent, I think my use of the word is acceptable in the sense that very few people, if any, deserve to die - I guess only people who's crimes are completely and totally unjustified and wrong - and the crimes of Kenshin's victims were only crimes if you looked at them from a certain point of view. (Though I think that government was rather corrupt - I'm no Japanese historian though, so don't take my word for it.)
Merry Christmas, happy Hannukah, and a jolly Kwanzaa (when IS Kwanzaa? o.o) to all!
Laura