Cool shades and Day-Glo tears / All hide your sixteen years

The new leaflets at the end of the branch were a lighter shade of green than the mature leaves.

Many old names, hairstyles, and mustaches that I'd already forgotten: Mirko Votava, Tom Dooley, Vladimir Beschastnych, Manni Bender, Heiko Scholz, Alain Sutter, and whatstheirname

The Law of Conservation of Ninjutsu was working in the main characters' favor, but even so, it was hard going.