| She
was intelligent
and elegant and
heartless, just
the way she was
meant to be.
But they were too
successful in
making her a cat:
she was far too
clever at slipping
under the locked
doors in her
mind. They
could never let
her go. It
would not have
been safe.
In the end
there was Cho: Cho,
the loving
companion, the
dear child.
All she wanted was
to make someone
happy.
Together they
went in search of
the race who had
left them alone
and to find Cho's
brother. Cho
believed she would
be able to put an
end to the world's
problems.
Divine Endurance
had promised her
that. And it
was true.
Cho had the power,
as her makers long
ago had claimed,
to grant every
wish of the human
heart.
But how do you
grant wishes for
someone who
believes that
desire is the
enemy of the soul,
that to give up
will and self is
the only way to
reach reality?
In the
Peninsula, to
which they
journey, Cho and
Divine Endurance
discover a land of
intricate
beauty. It
is a land riddled
with corruption:
an exquisite
mosaic of cruelty
and abandonment,
grace and
desolation.
A desperate
struggle is in
progress between
the people and the
indifferent power
of their Rulers:
brothel-keeping
princesses,
pampered puppet
princes, a silent
and secret
government.
Everywhere death
creeps in like the
tide.
Cats do not
like being shut up
and ignored.
Divine Endurance
had her own secret
intentions.
Cho was doing her
best with all her
loving
heart. But
she was finding it
difficult to grant
wishes. Her
brother knew the
answer. So
did Divine
Endurance. |
