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BEEP, BEEP, BEEP! The sound of the alarm going off roused Yao from his sleep.  It was the first day of school after the winter break, and Yao wasn’t used to waking up early yet.  Slowly, he got out of bed trying not to fall back to sleep.  He got dressed, tied his hair back in the usual ponytail, and went downstairs to eat breakfast.  When he walked into the kitchen, he found his brother Kiku making breakfast.   “Hello,” Kiku said, as he cracked an egg into a pan. “Hello,” Yao replied as he bent down to grab a wok and some rice so he could prepare lunch for his siblings and himself.  Suddenly, Yao felt someth

Chapter One In 1815 M. Antonio Fernández Carriedo was Bishop of Digne.  He had held the position of watching over Digne since 1806.  Although the following details don't effect the plot in anyway, it won't be useless to quote the rumors that were about him when he joined the diocese, for what is said about men, true of false, greatly influences the actions of their lives, and often heir destinies.  M. Fernández was the son of a Councillor of the Aix Parliament.  It's said that his father intended him to be his successor, and had him married at the age of eighteen or twenty- a common practice for parliamentary families.  Antonio, despite the