They are soldiers. ( He need not say, as Lan Wangji too was: tools, instructed. Weapons with the conceit of a conscience, pointed and steadied. Theirs is not the claim to autonomy. This Hand, in particular, appears... prone to lethargy and the minding of instructions. )
If their commander accepts, they accept. ( And should the man Caius Justus decline — theirs is war, after. It is no question, then, of violence. A man proud enough to pursue a mandate he had surrendered will not care for the safety of his own people. )
It may turn as with Taravast. A citadel's warfare. ( Ugly work. )
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They are soldiers. ( He need not say, as Lan Wangji too was: tools, instructed. Weapons with the conceit of a conscience, pointed and steadied. Theirs is not the claim to autonomy. This Hand, in particular, appears... prone to lethargy and the minding of instructions. )
If their commander accepts, they accept. ( And should the man Caius Justus decline — theirs is war, after. It is no question, then, of violence. A man proud enough to pursue a mandate he had surrendered will not care for the safety of his own people. )
It may turn as with Taravast. A citadel's warfare. ( Ugly work. )