“Scythes must love all humanity, but no individual human,” Scythe Hughes explained in an early lesson on scythe ethics. It was baked right into the fourth scythe commandment. “Neither spouse nor spawn” was broadly interpreted and rigidly applied. No partner, no children, no exception. It didn’t demand celibacy, but emotional castration. A scythe could share their bed with anyone, but their life with no one.
