Liao Wu took the box Chiyo had given him and said, "Of course, Granny. You're old now, like the fading light of Biyang, while I'm the rising sun."
"We're the end and the beginning of a day. But that's what passing things on is all about. Aren't people supposed to get better with each generation?"
Chiyo nodded. Sasori really had changed after defecting from the village.
Just look at him, talking about Biyang's fading light, the sun setting, and the cold, dark night of twilight.
My Sasori is so talented.
But why did that sound a little strange?
Chiyo rubbed her head, puzzled. Ninjas were taught to cut people down. Even the literature taught at the Ninja Academy focused on cutting people down.
She really didn't understand the ways of cultured people.
Liao Wu interrupted everyone's reverie. "All right, it's getting late. Let's all head home!"
Yashamaru took Temari and Kankuro by the hand and said goodbye to Chiyo's family. "Granny Chiyo, Lord Ebizo, thank you for having us... We'll be going now."
"Goodbye, Temari, Kankuro!"
Chiyo and Ebizo said goodbye to the adorable Temari and Kankuro.
Liao Wu turned to Yashamaru. "Yashamaru, you should wear women's clothes more often. I think you look pretty good in them."
Yashamaru was mortified. He hurriedly took Temari and Kankuro and fled.
Chiyo was starting to worry. They said that after three years without a woman, even a sow started looking pretty.
Sasori wouldn't—
Chiyo would rather believe Sasori had been possessed than believe his sexual orientation had changed.
As they were leaving, Kankuro turned back and shouted his dream to Liao Wu. "Lord Sasori, I'll become a Puppet Master just like you!"
Liao Wu mercilessly crushed the child's innocent hopes. "Kankuro, don't dream about it. With your talent, you'll be picking through