Emotions Are The End Result, The Sum,

Being Afraid Something Is True Is Accepting The Possibility. Accepting The Possibility Is The First Step To Believing.

His Face Set In Grim Determination, Richard Slogged Ahead, His Fingers Reaching Up To Touch The Tooth Under His Shirt. Loneliness, Deeper Than He Had Never Known, Sagged His Shoulders. All His Friends Were Lost To Him. He Knew Now That His Life Was Not His Own. It Belonged To His Duty, To His Task. He Was The Seeker. Nothing More. Nothing Less. Not His Own Man, But A Pawn To Be Used By Others. A Tool, Same As His Sword, To Help Others, That They Might Have The Life He Had Only Glimpsed For A Twinkling. He Was No Different From The Dark Things In The Boundary. A Bringer Of Death.

People Are Stupid... They Will Believe A Lie Because They Want To Believe It's True, Or Because They're Afraid It Might Be True.

Fate Occasionally Touches Us All In Ways We Don't Always Understand.

It Does The Sheep No Good To Preach The Goodness Of A Diet Of Grass, If The Wolves Are Of A Different Mind.