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For his part, the sennin despised her on sight and silently cursed her former sensei for evoking his right of privilege here.

The Miko Lustbader, Eric 1984

Let the Haunted One, as Saigo was known privately by a number of the sennin, drive the unwanted female out; let it be her choice.

The Miko Lustbader, Eric 1984

There was absolutely no question of sending her away though the sennin wished most fervently for such an occurrence.

The Miko Lustbader, Eric 1984

The sennin could take no blame from Sun Hsiung and the female could return with honor to the areas for which she was best suited: the tea ceremony and, perhaps, flower arranging.

The Miko Lustbader, Eric 1984

Together they had left when the other sennin of the ryu rose up and dissented; they would not allow her-a woman-to stay.

The Miko Lustbader, Eric 1984

Bloody, horrific, terrifying, they enacted a perverse poetic justice on those who had destroyed his sennin.

The Miko Lustbader, Eric 1984

This would be the only time that the sennin would ever speak this way to Nicholas or to anyone, a sign that he recognized their kinship: their mixed heritage.

The Miko Lustbader, Eric 1984

The sennin, an ax-faced individual who appeared to be almost unhealthily thin, let her cool her heels for fully half a day before he summoned her within his chamber.

The Miko Lustbader, Eric 1984

Not literally, of course, for had that occurred the sennin would have lost enormous face with Sun Hsiung and that he could not have tolerated.

The Miko Lustbader, Eric 1984

There were no other students or sennin about when they completed their rounds.

The Miko Lustbader, Eric 1984