Don't ask any questions and you won't hear any lies.

I know that love is about power, too. Who gives, who takes. Who is willing to risk showing their true self.

A cold realisation washed over me. From now on, my master would not always be there to protect and counsel me. 'This is big. Too big,' I said. 'What do I do?' 'You follow your destiny,' Ryoko said. 'As we all do. With honour and courage.

You are wrong when you say there is no power in being a woman. When I think of my mother and the women in my tribe, and the hidden women in the harem, I know there are many types of power in this world...I found power in accepting the truth of who I am. It may not be a truth that others can accept, but I cannot live any other way. How would it be to live a lie every minute of your life? I don't think I could do it.

I felt something stir within me. It took a moment to recognise it. Anger.

You have forced your way into my Hua, Eona. Change me. First, by your power- then, just by who you are.

You have seen me at my worst and at my weakest. Let me show you my best.