His orders clasped firmly in one hand and his father's sword in the other, the young ninja stared at the heavens... as if hoping for a sign that the mission would succeed and revenge would be his...

You can blame this one on Torrle, who was playing a selection of 8-bit tracks for me last night... including the themes from the original NES Ninja Gaiden. It put me in a subliminally ninjaesque mood.

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