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the water clings, or it retreats, or it rises, or it freezes. They receive badges accordingly. Shields for Enforcers, who protect the clan from its enemies with strength of arms. Arrows for Strikers, who attack their rivals from a distance. Scepters for Rulers, who bend the powers of heaven and earth. And hammers for Forgers, whose techniques create weapons and wealth for the clan. All things in Sacred Valley can be divided in four. And Lindon, of the Wei clan and the family Shi, knows which of the four he wants.
“When a traveler cannot find a path, sometimes he must make his own.”
Resources went to strengthen those who were already strong, not to bring up the weak.
‘The disciple follows the master, but the genius blazes their own trail.’
This was the sort of person the Abidan were created to save: the weak who stood against the strong. The sort of person the Phoenix was meant to save. The sort of person who might, with a little outside help, even reach beyond their fate.
