Knights of Tezoth

- Pew! - comments Dawnlight to his squire, aiming an arrow at the bullseye of the target - while standing in the backyard of the estate. - Well? Is the old man still strong despite his years? Picked up this skill in a week! Learn from me, kid, how it's done. Eh, if only this had been around at the birthday party, I'd have joined in there too. Who knows, maybe I'd have won some prize if I got lucky. But anyway, you know what I've heard about? There's this thing - some special services operatives use "elemental arrows". A water one, say, can put out a torch, or cause a short circuit in a metal golem. A fire one smacks an area and deals damage. An earth one generates a whole carpet of moss you can cross like a cheetah, even if you're an elephant - with some skill, of course. Or it'll entangle you in vines if it hits you directly. An air one will just knock out the whole group standing nearby with gas. There was also a rope one, which would open up a new approach to an object, but personally I don't need that one, I've got everything I need as is, - his hand stroked the chain with a hook. - According to intelligence, it was "our answer" to Olivus. Can't compare to their technology of course, and I've never seen one myself, so far I think it's just a rumor - I won't believe it until I see it. But you know, there's no smoke without fire, maybe we'll see something like that yet, though I'd probably rather not. But what am I really getting at? At the fact that any tool, no matter how insignificant it might seem to you at the moment - in our line of work can be almost your main helper. It's all about your end result and initial motivation, and how you achieve it - doesn't matter. So don't sleep on things you consider insignificant. Sometimes even minimal changes in your paradigm can spawn monumental ones in your life. And you know what the secret is? That an honest man always wins. You might think at this very second that "maybe" some scumbag gets something in life. But you know what? All a scumbag can get is, at best, his comeuppance. And in the long run, he'll always lose to an honest man. Not because he couldn't deceive him in the current state of things. But simply because overall, man by nature strives for order, and he always easily identifies scumbags and seeks to put the screws to them. That's exactly why we have police forces. So... - Vargas leaves that thought for contemplation.