"For the last group, he showed them the fear of it, and the seriousness of it," Verdant said. "And then the glory of progress. How intoxicating it can be!"
"He changes more quickly than the seasons," the Minister of Blades said. "I find it ever difficult to define what it is that he is thinking. Even his swordplay seems to shift, depending on his mood."
"My Lord is oft quick with new ideas," Verdant said. "He accuses himself of dancing in an endless circle, and getting nowhere, but I believe there is utility in what he does. Though, I do say, I enjoy it for him far more when he is like this – when he is without thought, and he can simply enjoy his training as he once did. I suppose this is the side of himself that he so struggled to find in the lead up to the battle with the Emersons – why he was so insistent on not presenting himself until the final moments of battle, when the moment was right."
"I thought that to be the impetus for a grand strategy," the Minister of Blades said.
