Masako/Stereotypes

The Emerald Courts "If you keep your sword drawn and wield it about then no one will dare approach you and you will have no allies. But if you never draw it, it will dull and rust and people will assume that you are feeble." "Steel and glass buildings do not fortresses make." "We are the blade and the body between the enemy and the Courts." "Beautiful, jovial, filled with mischief. Your way is different from mine, but I cannot help but adore you..and perhaps envy." "Bleed, Kumo." "The masters of low war..." "“There is no greater solitude than that of the samurai unless it is that of the tiger in the jungle... Perhaps...”" "They claim to be samurai, and yet stay in their oceans." "Dream for me, Shogun, for I will stay awake to defend you."

The Sunset People "Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one who gets burned." "You are nothing like the Kuei-Jin. I do not know what to make of you at all." "However many holy words you read, however many you speak, what good will they do you if you do not act on upon them?" "Die, child of Centipede." "Nothing like the Hsien of home. Strange. Fantastic." "Beware." "This is why priests often tremble when they offer incense on the alter. They must wake up their courage to tread over spirits and to snatch living souls from the jaws of hell." "Just as a candle cannot burn without fire, men cannot live without a spiritual life." "Mortal or not, they have the training and strange abilities to lay us low."