Goro

📖 Goro's Story

Goro means fifth son, and the fifth son learns early that the world is not going to wait for him, so he had better learn to wait for it. Patience was his whole art. On the field he was the one who held position long after holding stopped being reasonable, because Goro had waited out worse. Then the wars ended, and it turned out he was very good at waiting for something that was never going to arrive. So he waits in the dojo now, nursing one cup, watching the door, outlasting every argument by simply being there when it runs out of breath. Goro is not slow. He is early, for a war that is late, and he is comfortable being the last man in the room. He is so disciplined about waiting for the right moment that he waits, calmly and correctly, right up until the moment has passed, and then waits a little more.