Do Not Speak Badly Of Yourself, For

[f]ear Is A Great Ally.

When Your Life Has Been Spent In One War After Another For Forty-five Years, You Have To Be Pretty Handy To Survive.

There Is A Darkness In You. In All Of Us, Probably. Beasts We Keep Chained. Ordinary Men Have To Keep The Chains Strong, For If We Let The Beast Loose Then Society Will Turn Upon Us With Fiery Vengeance. Kings Though...well, Who Is There To Turn Upon Them? So The Chains Are Made Of Straw. It Is The Curse Of Kings, Helikaon, That They Can Become Monsters. And They Invariably Do.

You Are Getting Too Old For This. A Man Is As Old As He Feels, Woman! And How Old Do You Feel? About Ninety.

Never Violate A Woman, Nor Harm A Child. Do Not Lie, Cheat Or Steal. These Things Are For Lesser Men. Protect The Weak Against The Evil Strong. And Never Allow Thoughts Of Gain To Lead You Into The Persuit Of Evil.