🍁Nine Ancient Obelisks

-- Hrkkh, -- the Calcite stood up sharply, making several swings in the air. His wrist ached, but he continued to swing until the intoxicating feeling of anger at his own worthlessness drowned out the pain. Ushumgallu stopped, wiped the sweat from his forehead, and smiled. He was just warming up, getting used to the weapon. There was nothing to see.

- Keep it up, and one day you'll be able to single-handedly deal with a gang of bandits, desert monsters, and enemies of all kinds. - Unexpected praise came from the instructor. - Those who first embark on the path of martial arts will inevitably lose and feel shame, but those who don't even do that will be helpless in the face of any threat and will never be able to protect themselves or their loved ones, nor will they be able to overcome their enemies.

-- It's as natural as night and day, earth and sky, water and fire. We don't regret it when the gods are slow to answer our prayers, or when we don't get a discount at the market for our pretty faces. Life is divinely just, and absolute inequality reigns in it.

- Never mind. I'll compensate for the cards fate has dealt me with diligence and talent someday... And I wouldn't want to be a man anyway; you guys have something incomprehensible down there, rough skin, and rectangular figures.