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He prayed for his sister to survive. He prayed for her husband and son too, even if he hardly knew them. He prayed for the doctor to take care of them, and he prayed that the worst thing they had to deal with out of this entire incident would just be sorting out the car insurance. He prayed that the good people at LifeWell wouldn't give them a hard time when they called.
And then he had to pray for the eternal repose of their souls.
Their child was the only survivor of the crash. He had no children of his own, being a priest, but as an uncle it fell on him to take care of the child. He was only 3 years old, after all. Father Kiyoshi pushed the local government to allow for a special adoption and have them registered in the same household. The child was named "Kagekiyo," a saint in the darkness. Kiyoshi held him close, and made a promise. Out of the shadow of this tragedy, he would grow up into a perfect son.