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“Do you think there’s only a dozen of them out there, Ishi? Have you looked over the walls? There are thousands. They’ll overwhelm you in moments. I need to leave behind a rear-guard, not a gift!” | “Do you think there’s only a dozen of them out there, Ishi? Have you looked over the walls? There are thousands. They’ll overwhelm you in moments. I need to leave behind a rear-guard, not a gift!” | ||
− | “How many dead men does it take to turn the one into the other? How many minutes is the life of one tiger warrior worth?” Ishi had seen, from the look in his general’s eyes, that he had struck a nerve, that Nekuto had already done those grim calculations. “Will you give me the [[The Zhuque Brotherhood|Zhuque Brotherhood]], who you'll need if there are beastmen waiting in the hills you climb up into. Or would you leave Exalted behind? [[Amilar Agathon|Agathaon]], [[Soho]]? The discerning, the faithful? Men you'll need when the army is gone and you try to grab a desperate peace. | + | “How many dead men does it take to turn the one into the other? How many minutes is the life of one tiger warrior worth?” Ishi had seen, from the look in his general’s eyes, that he had struck a nerve, that the Nekuto had already done those grim calculations, so he had pressed on. “Will you give me the [[The Zhuque Brotherhood|Zhuque Brotherhood]], who you'll need if there are beastmen waiting in the hills you climb up into. Or would you leave Exalted behind? [[Amilar Agathon|Agathaon]], [[Soho]]? The discerning, the faithful? Men you'll need when the army is gone and you try to grab a desperate peace. |
“Let me stand alone. I’m all that you can afford.” | “Let me stand alone. I’m all that you can afford.” |