[What has Five done now, and does it involve punching people or putting their heads into the ground, because if it does, then yes, he might intend to mimic Five.]
People lie to protect something. Their lives. Someone else's life. Riches. Power. And in this town, everyone is lying, except the people who are starving. What are they protecting?
Deimar is not a coward. He's fighting. But he doesn't want to save this place, at all. Why? What is he trying to protect that is worth throwing an entire city away? Worth potentially sacrificing his own sister? Worth maybe even his own life, even if he is not going to give it away cheaply?
I fought in a desperate siege before, against an enemy that I slowly became convinced we couldn't win against. I fought my hardest, because I wanted to protect my people, and my country, and when they rejected me... I fled. I ran away. I let them crumble under the weight of the fate I couldn't spare them from anymore. It's not my proudest moment, but to the last I wanted to save Xian Le and its people.
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[What has Five done now, and does it involve punching people or putting their heads into the ground, because if it does, then yes, he might intend to mimic Five.]
People lie to protect something. Their lives. Someone else's life. Riches. Power. And in this town, everyone is lying, except the people who are starving. What are they protecting?
Deimar is not a coward. He's fighting. But he doesn't want to save this place, at all. Why? What is he trying to protect that is worth throwing an entire city away? Worth potentially sacrificing his own sister? Worth maybe even his own life, even if he is not going to give it away cheaply?
I fought in a desperate siege before, against an enemy that I slowly became convinced we couldn't win against. I fought my hardest, because I wanted to protect my people, and my country, and when they rejected me... I fled. I ran away. I let them crumble under the weight of the fate I couldn't spare them from anymore. It's not my proudest moment, but to the last I wanted to save Xian Le and its people.
I don't understand what or who Deimar is saving.