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* * * I had returned to the holding and had spoken to Lord Okimoto, and he, in turn, shortly thereafter, had addressed himself to his cousin, the shogun, Lord Temmu. - (Rebels of Gor, Chapter 9, Sentence #25)

Orders scarcely needed be uttered. The siege was done; gold lay in the clouds; officers sought to muster and organize men, but already hundreds of Ashigaru, and men, even of two swords, were hurrying up the long trail. Little did it matter to them that a deed massive and potent in its might, a deed which might awe and shame better men, had been accomplished within their own lifetime, a deed the tale of which might be told for a thousand years. * * * I had returned to the holding and had spoken to Lord Okimoto, and he, in turn, shortly thereafter, had addressed himself to his cousin, the shogun, Lord Temmu. "I do not well understand the matter of the ritual knife," I had said to Lord Okimoto, "but it is clear you are one who does. So I ask your view on what seems to me a simple matter. My question is this, is it appropriate to lift the ritual knife when success, survival, even victory, is still possible?" "In such a case," had said Lord Okimoto, "lifting the ritual knife would be not only premature, but would be an error of action; indeed, it would be improper, and thus forbidden". - (Rebels of Gor)