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Dimitri
Thank you for your help the other day, Professor. Please, allow me to express my gratitude by taking you to dinner.
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Thank you for your help the other day, Professor. Please, allow me to express my gratitude by taking you to dinner.
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Dimitri
I've studied swordsmanship for some time, but your mercenary skills are something else entirely.
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I've studied swordsmanship for some time, but your mercenary skills are something else entirely.
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Dimitri
Were you reconciled with the reality of battle from your first foray? With...the killing part, I mean.
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Were you reconciled with the reality of battle from your first foray? With...the killing part, I mean.
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And you?
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Dimitri
No... I do not carry that burden well. I doubt that will change, no matter how many years come and go.
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No... I do not carry that burden well. I doubt that will change, no matter how many years come and go.
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Dimitri
The first time I led on the battlefield, I was sent to quell a rebellion in the west.
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The first time I led on the battlefield, I was sent to quell a rebellion in the west.
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Dimitri
It was not a difficult fight. The enemy was not well-trained and their morale was low.
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It was not a difficult fight. The enemy was not well-trained and their morale was low.
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Dimitri
A swing of the lance, and your opponent falls. A flash of your blade, and a path opens up. That's the sort of battle it was. Easy...right?
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A swing of the lance, and your opponent falls. A flash of your blade, and a path opens up. That's the sort of battle it was. Easy...right?
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Dimitri
The leader of the rebel army was defeated and the rebellion quelled. This was at the height of the post-war period.
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The leader of the rebel army was defeated and the rebellion quelled. This was at the height of the post-war period.
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Dimitri
I recall coming across a dead soldier's body. He was clutching a locket. Inside was a lock of golden hair.
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I recall coming across a dead soldier's body. He was clutching a locket. Inside was a lock of golden hair.
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Dimitri
I don't know to whom it belonged. His wife, his daughter...mother, lover... I'll never know.
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I don't know to whom it belonged. His wife, his daughter...mother, lover... I'll never know.
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Dimitri
But in that moment, I realized he was also a real person, just like the rest of us.
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But in that moment, I realized he was also a real person, just like the rest of us.
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Dimitri
Of course, we cannot stand idly by and allow anyone to commit senseless acts of violence.
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Of course, we cannot stand idly by and allow anyone to commit senseless acts of violence.
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Dimitri
Yet in dispensing what we call justice, we take the lives of cherished family members. Beloved friends.
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Yet in dispensing what we call justice, we take the lives of cherished family members. Beloved friends.
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Dimitri
Killing is part of the job, but even so... There are times when I'm chilled to the bone by the depravity of my own actions.
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Killing is part of the job, but even so... There are times when I'm chilled to the bone by the depravity of my own actions.
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Dimitri
When we first met, I thought of you as someone who felt no strong feelings about killing your enemies.
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When we first met, I thought of you as someone who felt no strong feelings about killing your enemies.
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Dimitri
I could never trust someone who kills without batting an eye. My heart won't allow it.
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I could never trust someone who kills without batting an eye. My heart won't allow it.