Unable to sleep, Crow goes on a late night walk to clear her head, running into some unlikely company along the way. The samurai then make their final push into the forest, where Crow is forced to confront a past from which she can no longer run.

This episode contains significant violence. Listener discretion is advised.

Elsewhere in the Empire, Toku Tora tells of Tanuki Justice's fateful encounter with the notorious opium smuggler Hard Hoji Harinezumi. Based on the short comic by Peter Violini, novelized by Peter Violini, recorded by...you guessed it: Peter Violini (and James).

As the name suggests, this bonus episode takes place apart from the main story and characters of Shadows in the West. We will resume our regular release schedule on Thursday, November 1st. Thanks for your patience throughout our hiatus!

Crow is haunted by dreams of her past, struggling to remember her last visit to Kitsune Mori. Unable to sleep, she sets off into the forest on her own in search of the poachers' whereabouts.

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The samurai finally make their way to Kitsune Mori to return the braid of Chizu to its final resting place. They bond over oden, onsen, and sumai wrestling, but soon find that things are amiss in the forest.

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