“All this time the Shin knew that the enemy hadn’t been defeated? That the Heralds were among us?” “Obviously,” Szeth said. “We were the guardians of their swords. We were entrusted with their Sacred Truth.” “The way you say that has the air of something important,” Syl said. “Utmost importance,” Szeth said. “The Sacred Truth of the Heralds is the knowledge that the enemy would someday return. If Talmut ever broke. On that day, we Shin would be needed to fight.”
