Not too many crashes since I last reported in!
Our friend Ichiro is still having a bad time below. I can promise it will get better, but not for a while.

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Image description:
A seven-panel, black-and-white comic page.
Panel 1: Ichiro kneels facing the viewer, his hands on the ground in front of him and his head bowed.
Ichiro: My lord…
I’ve seen Satake scouts in the woods these past three days.
Panel 2: The jito, again with his face in shadow, presides straight-backed over the meeting.
Jito: Hunters. It’s winter.
They know nothing.
Panel 3: Ichiro’s face in profile, close to the ground as he bows deeper.
Ichiro: I could go in ahead, my lord.
Warn you of any danger.
Panel 4: Tarahito, his head hanging low as he struggles to stay upright, sits next to another samurai, who folds his arms and tilts his head to one side.
Samurai: Alone? They’ll see you. Then they will know we’re coming.
Panel 5: Yet another samurai, a young man with a scar on his left cheek, sits with one knee raised and his arm resting on it–a relaxed pose. He smiles.
Samurai: Ah, you’ll have to forgive our cousin.
Panel 6: A close up of the same samurai’s face, his smile widening.
Samurai: If he can’t skulk around in the forest, he just doesn’t know what to do with himself.
Panel 7: Four of the gathered samurai, smiling and laughing. From left to right: a younger man in a helmet with a bit of a manic look, a taller samurai with his head thrown back, a slightly older man looking at the ground, and another man in a helmet looking off to the right of the panel.
SFX: HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA
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