I second Prog on that -- the Nendo-Kata by themselves are a great idea and a wonderful concept, well-executed with a believable culture and history. I think you should use them a bit more sparingly, though -- they're a big enough device that their arrival in the story should be part of the point of the story, as in Phoenix From The Ashes (or whatever the right title is -- the continuation of "The Bet: Crippled" you wrote).
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.