Chapter 216: Arete
n. the aggregate of qualities, as valor and virtue, making up good character.
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The old man glanced up, and although his eyebrows obscured his eyes Kagome was sure that he was sending her an appraising look, testing her worth.
"There was a story from long ago, that has nearly been lost to time, a story my Grandfather had told to me," started the man and Kagome exhaled the breath she hadn't known she was holding. Apparently she had passed his unspoken test.
Kagome bit her lip and tugged at the sleeves of her desert robes. It was important that she listen, far better than she ever had when her grandfather told his stories.
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