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I’ve found fathers are usually a great disappointment to their sons.
Clearly, this was an interesting fellow, but experience has taught me that the more interesting someone is, the more danger they are likely to pose.
“How it delights me to see you again,” he added in tones that were strained and notable for their absence of delight.
“Courage is like rope: sooner or later it always runs out.”
Y’see, a battle, for all the guff the nobles spout about gallantry and such, is just a very large brawl, with weapons instead of fists.
Wilhum said nothing but kept his sword where it was, not that this seemed to concern the Ascarlian overmuch.
Where they laboured we have been indolent. Where they sacrificed we have been greedy. Where they spoke hard truths we have cloaked ourselves in comforting lies.
