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Lord Kira intimidates the captive Mika by using the metaphor of a bonsai tree to describe his power and her inevitable submission. After receiving news that his rival Oishi is broken, Kira explains his philosophy of control and manipulation to his spy while physically demonstrating his dominance over nature and his prisoners.
LORD KIRA: All that you see from this window could be yours. Why do you resist me so?
KIRA’S SPY: Lord Kira. I have word of the ronin.
LORD KIRA: Tell me.
KIRA’S SPY: Oishi is broken. I’ve watched peasant farmers spit on him. Kick him. Humiliate him. There’s not an ounce of fight left in him.
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