Still calm; still grave, but there's a deeper sobriety in his voice and his stony face now.
"They say in the Borderlands," he says, "that duty is heavier than a mountain, and death lighter than a feather. But we all must carry that mountain, because the alternative is far worse."
"That is how you fight on, Herald." She's not a Herald yet -- but this is a dream, and one day she will be. "Because that is the price we pay. At times it will be the hardest thing you have ever done to simply carry on, but that price is worth the gain, so it must be paid. And so you will."
Re: Not all is as it seems
Still calm; still grave, but there's a deeper sobriety in his voice and his stony face now.
"They say in the Borderlands," he says, "that duty is heavier than a mountain, and death lighter than a feather. But we all must carry that mountain, because the alternative is far worse."
"That is how you fight on, Herald." She's not a Herald yet -- but this is a dream, and one day she will be. "Because that is the price we pay. At times it will be the hardest thing you have ever done to simply carry on, but that price is worth the gain, so it must be paid. And so you will."