But Adam said, “Why don’t you talk to my brother? Charles will be going. He’ll be good at it, much better than I am.” “Charles won’t be going,” Cyrus said. “There’d be no point in it.” “But he would be a better soldier.” “Only outside on his skin,” said Cyrus. “Not inside. Charles is not afraid so he could never learn anything about courage. He does not know anything outside himself so he could never gain the things I’ve tried to explain to you. To put him in an army would be to let loose things which in Charles must be chained down, not let loose. I would not dare to let him go.”
