“Your father was a good friend,” says Ratio. “We fought together against the Backstroke. Like so many of our order, he was betrayed and murdered by Reaching the West Reaches; now the Hopeless Warriors are all but extinct.” He’s rummaging through a chest. “But when you were old enough, he wanted you to have this…”<\/p>\n
“Is it a war-name?” says See Me eagerly. “A bolter?”<\/p>\n
“Bolters are clumsy and random.” Frowning, the old man draws out a long blade of steel–knifelike, but impossibly long and slender.<\/p>\n
“What is it?”<\/p>\n
“An elegant weapon,” says Ratio, “for a more civilized time.”<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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