This cryptic line suggests that Haro (or Hōjō’s agent) warns that the Taira have become spiritually unmoored. Later, in the same manuscript:
Haro thought of the harmonica in his satchel and how little a single note could do. He asked around—at the saloon that smelled of tobacco and broken promises, in the stable where a boy polished saddles with the diligence of someone polishing a rosary, in the schoolhouse where a teacher tied her ribbons and looked at the children as if measuring for a better sleeve. Each person gave a different piece of the same puzzle: a price paid to a stranger, a jar left on a doorstep, a ring of whispers that rolled through town like thunder. haro tale of the western country english updated
One day, while exploring the forest, Miko stumbled upon a hidden path she had never seen before. The path was winding and narrow, and it seemed to beckon her to follow it. Without hesitation, Miko decided to embark on a journey along this unknown path. This cryptic line suggests that Haro (or Hōjō’s