Heart, my heart, so battered with misfortune far beyond your strength, up, and face the men who hate us. Bare your chest to the assault of the enemy, and fight them off. Stand fast among the beam-like spears. Give no ground; and if you beat them, do not brag in open show, nor, if they beat you, run home and lie down on your bed and cry.
This is exactly how both Belano & Lima approach life. Like hollow shadows of King Arthur & Odysseus, their successful namesakes.
