"You may stand, Tsukiko." She did so carefully and slowly, still hesitant to meet his eyes. Of her three brothers, it was the oldest, Taro, that she was most frightened of and it had been a fear that had only grown the older he became. He was now in his twenty-eighth year and loomed over everyone - even their father, who had been the tallest man Tsukiko had ever seen. Taro's serious nature didn't help, he never spoke unless necessary and when...