Luccas has taken an extended leave of absence for this summer. He took another merchant boat and sailed to the Orient. Over there he will be training in the art of asian sworsmanship under a great swordmaster. Even though mail takes a long time to reach us, we received news that he made it alive, he is doing well, and he is training hard. Well, we think he is training but it seems that part of is training was facing a hoard of little girls armed with bamboo sticks and he received the beating of his life.