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I was struck by
how clean it was, and by the electric lamps in the room. "This is where I
began," my wife said as I lay down to go back to sleep. "This is where my
father and mother conceived me," Yuka Onishi smiled, curling up next to me. I don't
remember much else except going to sleep warmed by Victoria's body.
We woke up in the afternoon. There were voices all around us. They came
from the tourists on the other side of the wall. Victoria sat up, and whis-
pered to me. "We must be quiet, or tourists will hear us. Tonight we begin
our reclamation of the castle and the town. Last night, I began the work
that is necessary, but is too much for just me. Marta is no longer re-
stricted to the castle and the close farmlands, so that will help." She
paused, and trouble clouded Yuka's gorgeous eyes. "I feel very guilty because
it is my absence that has caused this to happen. Without noble occupant, the
state has claimed the castle and land. Tourists bring money, and no one
fears the castle by day. They do not
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