"It's over," Renko breathed. The other three looked at her, surprised. "I just heard from my father," Renko continued, turning her sinuous neck to catch each of them with the gaze of a single eye. "He and Mother and Sensei have spoken to the mother of the Umi-bozu, and they have made peace. There is to be no more fighting among us, and the Umi-bozu will now help the sailors. It all sounds like a combination of accident and mistake. The Umi-bozu wanted to stop the steamships, and ...