You closed your eyes.
The world, she knew, was not saved by the proud. It was saved by the kneeling, who learned to rise without forgetting the heel.
But the Orb of Atonement sat at the summit, and the plague in your homeland would not wait for honor or dignity.
"Put that away, little worm," she sighed. "I do not fight. I judge . And I find you… insufficient."
You nodded.
You closed your eyes.
The world, she knew, was not saved by the proud. It was saved by the kneeling, who learned to rise without forgetting the heel.
But the Orb of Atonement sat at the summit, and the plague in your homeland would not wait for honor or dignity.
"Put that away, little worm," she sighed. "I do not fight. I judge . And I find you… insufficient."
You nodded.