“She’s right. The only rule out there is that you take what you can by the edge of your sword.”
The one iron rule. That’s all that mattered, in the end. There was no room for kindness or friendship or trust in that world.
“If some stranger draws a blade at you, you meet ‘em sword for sword. That’s how it goes for us mercenaries.”
He matched Lashan’s steel with his own, the closest thing to a ‘rule’ that there could be. Whether it be taking life, or securing his own freedom, it was through the strength of his arm and edge of his blade. And by now, he’d found he had quite a penchant for getting what he wanted with it.
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The one iron rule. That’s all that mattered, in the end. There was no room for kindness or friendship or trust in that world.
“If some stranger draws a blade at you, you meet ‘em sword for sword. That’s how it goes for us mercenaries.”
He matched Lashan’s steel with his own, the closest thing to a ‘rule’ that there could be. Whether it be taking life, or securing his own freedom, it was through the strength of his arm and edge of his blade. And by now, he’d found he had quite a penchant for getting what he wanted with it.