Aksai looked Reymon in the eyes as he spoke further.
"You offered an honorable duel from a place of strength. You might not have realized it, but that offer came from your pride. Do you think only you have the right to keep your honor?
"I have spent my life avoiding fights whenever I can. I have humbled myself again and again, even at the cost of my pride. Yet my enemies keep asking for more — here and in my home.
"It's always the same story, where people do whatever they want just because they believe what they're doing is more important than anything else in the world. People act for their own selfish reasons and then try to justify those actions by saying they did it for the greater good.
"I'm not saying you're wrong for trying to unify the martial world. But don't expect me to bend to your will, because I don't give a damn about your definition of the greater good. And don't expect me to flee either — I'm tired of running."
