Talon saw Kurt lying on the ground, dead.  He was immediately full of 
rage for whoever was behind that door.  He climbed to the top of the house and 
waited just above the door.  A minute later, someone came out of the house.  
Talon jumped down and blindly slashed with his daggers.  He stumbled as he 
landed on the ground.  With his daggers still raised he turned toward the person 
he had attacked.  What he saw was an old lady dead on the ground, blood flowing 
from her throat where it had been cut.  Talon lowered his daggers.  
	An old man came running out of the house.  He looked down at the old 
woman and yelled something incomprehensible.  He then looked over at Talon, who 
was holding the bloody daggers.  "What have you done?" he yelled.  
	Talon looked at Kurt and at the old woman, both dead.  His anger had 
long since turned to fear.  He turned and ran into the forest.  He had always 
gone into the woods when something was troubling him, but right now he only 
wanted to put some distance between himself and that house.  He ran until he saw 
a huge oak tree which he jumped onto and climbed to the highest branch that 
would support his weight.  Up there he sat and agonized over his situation.  Not 
only had he lost his friend, but he had killed a person for revenge, something 
forbidden by Soul Edge Clan law.  He pulled out his daggers and looked at the 
blood on them.  Out of anger he threw them toward the ground.  
	A very young man yelled up at him.  "Hey, if you mean to assassinate me, 
come down here and fight me."  
	Talon paused for a moment and then yelled back down, "I am not trying to 
kill you.  I've done far too much killing today."  
	The man yelled up, "I see.  I'm Ultimate-Zero.  I've left my clan so 
that I may have time to develop my own abilities."
	Talon laughed, "Oh, I see.  You're not just a zero.  You're the ultimate 
zero."
	"You should not insult me like that," Ultimate-Zero yelled back.  
	Talon simply ignored him and jumped to another tree.  He leapt from tree 
to tree until he tired himself out.  He then sat down on one of the branches and 
looked out across the hills.  That's when he saw it . . .