Timeless Assassin: Volume 9, 'A New Era Of Chaos'
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"Men do not wage war for land, or gods, or survival.
They wage it to be seen.
Peace allows too many lies to persist, too many small men to believe themselves sufficient, too many fragile hierarchies to stand untested.
War strips those lies bare.
It forces every soul to answer a single question it has spent a lifetime avoiding.
'What are you at your core, when there is nothing left to hide behind?'
And when the answer terrifies them, men do not change.
They simply call it destiny, and march."
— Archivist Halden Vire, On the Nature of Conflict Vol.2
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(Over 2 millenia ago, The Timeless Assassin's POV, Planet Ixtal)
The Timeless Assassin sat in the tea room of the stone castle as he often did, one hand loosely wrapped around a porcelain cup while steam rose in slow, patient coils, the warmth settling into his fingers as he enjoyed the peace and tranquility.
