You train the body to discipline the mind — not the other way around. In the surge, in the stillness, you must be both. I have drowned three times and returned. I have silenced blades with thought and thoughts with blood. The Draekari of Virek fight with fire. I respect them. They burn fast and die loud. I do not burn. I endure. A Cynari once tried to predict my motion. He’s still searching for the pattern I never gave him. Nareen does not raise warriors. We raise balance — and sometimes, balance requires war...
