Have love for all my reviewers! Emi Violet, caseyedith, SRAS9, kokoronagomu, LimeGrass, Rihannon, and Scarred Sword Heart, thank you!

I do not own Rurouni Kenshin.

Tare

-noun

The weight of the wrapping or container that holds an object.

There is a man, and there is a sword, and there is a road, and there is the sun beating down on them all, fierce and brilliant and hot. There is relief from loneliness here, and an atonement for guilt with every life touched.

When the sun goes down, alone in a tiny woodland glade: there is a man, and a sword, and an uneaten meal cast aside.

And there are tears.