[She likes the sharp part. Being sharp was easy. She had spent her entire life forging herself sharp. … But even she knew that it was only because she was a warrior, the sort that can could only be sharp… and had little need to be anything else, beyond discerning enough to make sure that the person who held the “blade” would swing it at the right enemy.
She understands the pressure of leadership. She does not despise the concept that one must sometimes sublimate personal desire for majority.]
I am good at hunting monsters, Tribune.
[Those her stable master had designated as such, her enemies, the bumps in the night that had haunted Alenroux, Manon, scum from Kowloon, Zenites.
She would never let those hunts prevent her from focusing on an Oracle when it was in play (or so she likes to think), and yet it is still true what she was bred and raised for. But.]
Cyrus asked me to be more. General Zaman asked me to do more.
[And the loss of those she knew and trusted in Meridian is disorienting. Like everything else about waking up a century after she had closed her eyes.]
Do you?
[… and if he did, how and when and why are the questions lurking.]
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She understands the pressure of leadership. She does not despise the concept that one must sometimes sublimate personal desire for majority.]
I am good at hunting monsters, Tribune.
[Those her stable master had designated as such, her enemies, the bumps in the night that had haunted Alenroux, Manon, scum from Kowloon, Zenites.
She would never let those hunts prevent her from focusing on an Oracle when it was in play (or so she likes to think), and yet it is still true what she was bred and raised for. But.]
Cyrus asked me to be more. General Zaman asked me to do more.
[And the loss of those she knew and trusted in Meridian is disorienting. Like everything else about waking up a century after she had closed her eyes.]
Do you?
[… and if he did, how and when and why are the questions lurking.]