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“Don’t worry, I won’t be waving my sword around or throwing a tantrum.” The knight finally broke his long silence. “You can think of me as a spineless weakling – and you’ll be just the latest respected person who, to my regret, has formed that opinion of me.” The knight cast a cold glance somewhere off to the side for a moment. “The unpleasant fact is that my homeland was a convenient bargaining chip for all sides in this conflict, and looking for scapegoats in vengeful political intrigues or attacking the only allies we have is something I find utterly repulsive. Many innocent and worthy people died in Kriedaar and the center of Margel. So, instead of dwelling on the past, let’s look to the future and think about how each of us can make it brighter for ourselves and for the world created by the goddess-mother.”