To Yao, my best friend.
Please, don't be angry with me. You were right. Just as you've always been, all these years. It seems I always have to hit a wall before I'm willing to turn back.
But isn't that one of the joys of life? Forgive me. I have to say "forgive me" again... because I'm still going to that duel.
Learning the blade is like climbing a mountain with no summit. No one has ever known where the pinnacle of martial arts lies.
It's out there, though. And I will climb to it. In victory, or defeat... Who can say.
But I am happy. I have the chance to become the Greatest Under Heaven.
Once I'm done... I'll find you, alright? It's been two years and forty-two days. You'll finally talk to me now, won't you?
If you still don't want to... Then... would you like some fish?
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