Only I become mother of the Heir. And do you know how? By compelling fate to look at me. So I could scratch out its eyes.
Some are born under a banner of greatness, others must claim it.
Lady Mariko will do as she says. It is her vengeance. On fate. On all of us. She will die to be free of the disgrace that has burdened her. And then all of Osaka will be disgraced for letting her die.
