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BUSHI stared at the small package resting on top of his kit bag. No one in his familia had been able to tell him who put it there…or if they knew, they weren’t telling.Opening it up revealed a small purple flower, with a distinctive scent.Rabenda. A symbol of fidelity in hanakotoba. Alternatively – given the increasing numbers of gaijin on the New Japan roster – it signified devotion and virtue in English flower language.Now who could have given it to him?It was a question that BUSHI still wrestled with as he walked out of the LIJ locker room and down the hall. He gave a polite nod in passing to Will Ospreay and his newest United Empire recruit, a young red-headed Italian. Francesco, if he remembered correctly.Just as he passed the pair, a faint but familiar scent hit his nose and caused him to stop. He looked around, but the only people in the hallway were himself and the two United Empire members he just passed. He knew Will was otherwise attached - which left his young friend.Too young. It could only be a passing infatuation.BUSHI would have to take care not to encourage it.