What they valued in themselves, their common currency, was measured by tenaciousness, acuity and the coldness of their mind. And yet the metric to Marc’ul’s success was completely dependent on the small fraction of emotion that all these brilliantly cold minds harboured. Whilst it required an effort for Marc’ul to gently find such emotion within these minds, it was also a beautiful process. Not only did such cold minds feel loyal to the ones who brought warmth, but they also celebrated their rebirthed capacity for warmth, and longed to reciprocate.
