Chimper #883
The younger Panda Council guards claim Samitarou learned to fight from a book. It's not entirely untrue. For years, they were the chief archivist of The Great Panda City, their world confined to scrolls detailing ancient battles. The lines around their mouth were from smiling at clever prose. Then a Soul Chaser broke through the city's wards, its black-and-white flame aimed at the archives. With no warriors near, Samitarou grabbed the only thing at hand: a thick stalk of bamboo. They fought not with skill, but with a librarian's precision, using battlefield diagrams memorized from dusty texts to strike at weak points. They saved the records, but the quiet archivist was lost in the fight.
