Honored Enemy

“That was not the professional hatred of one warrior for another in the heat of battle, in which even beneath the hatred there still existed a certain begrudging respect.”

RespectCode Of ConductWarrior Ethos

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“Your human gods love to present you with such riddles and challenges, or so it has seemed to me for most of my life... You often seem to prefer difficult choices when simple alternatives are available; it is a constant source of amazement to my kind.”

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“It's difficult the first time you have to get close to kill another. You see their eyes, see the light in it go out. Even a troll's eyes have that light. I'd be worried if you didn't feel something after that. I don't like hunting with a man who's a killer without that feeling.”

KillingDeath And DyingRemorse

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“Fear had driven two enemies into each other's arms and he smiled at that thought. 'They fear me more than they do each other and that is good' he thought.”

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“Bountiful was the table of your grandsire, for there is still fat at the root of my heart from the feasts he gave in my honour.”

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“He remembered how his father had told him that when it snowed even humans could see the wind, and it was so. He watched as gusty eddies danced and flickered, a single flake pausing for a moment to hover before his eyes, a twirling crystal of light, the exhale of his warm breath causing it to dance away even as it melted.”

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“Now go. An actor should know when to leave the stage, a poet when the lay is finished, and a bard when it is time to put aside the lute.”

EndingsKnowing When The Time Is RightKnowing When To Let Go

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“From our birth we are all dying, but some of us finish sooner than others.”

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