I'm inclined to believe very little of what we have seen of Kinzo is the "real" Kinzo. Everyone is remembering him through the lens of their own experiences. There are probably a few things about him which are likely true. He was almost certainly a hard, uncompromising man. Probably ruthless and certainly very savvy. His knack for business is obvious in his success. His tendency to take risks probably follows from that. His tenderness or obsession toward Beatrice is suspect, but I suspect he did have some sort of close, passionate relationship to someone named Beatrice, and possibly to another person we know of as the Beatrice of 1967. However, I'm not certain it was an obsessive, moody, wailing romantic longing. There's no telling what it was.
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