>Thinking about what happened in Taken by Storm, I realized that
>Akio knows a lot more than I would have expected.
>
>He knows that Dìqiú is connected with Zipang. That isn't exactly
>common knowledge, and he wouldn't have had any particular reason to
>investigate it before Corwin and Utena decided to honeymoon there.
>Either he found that while searching for something else, or he had
>somebody in Cephiro watching the wedding.
>

Ah. I just figured it out.

Akio has Ozai's files. He probably knew about Dìqiú early on - possibly early enough that he's been manipulating the White Lotus to keep Korra and Corwin separated from day one.

Peter Eng
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