- If your opponent is valiant, then there is little reason to fear defeat, but if cruelty is in his nature, then everyone will want to avoid the will of the victor. I fear, my dear, that only this alone may influence the nature of future alliances.
— Fearlessness in defeat may weaken the will toward that outcome; while a bluff of cruelty may send one down the path of hasty ruin. An ideal alliance, I fear, will be hard to find. However thorny the inevitable course may be, my spear and heart are always for our domain and for you personally, my lady.