/lit/ - Literature

An awkward argument over skillsets was one thing, but no warrior of these clans, even the less enthusiastic ones, had ever been known to hesitate in committing to a duel. In such an ancient and complex landscape of histories, legends, myths, stories, families, and spirits, the crash of a wooden blade was often easier understood than the machinations of speech. To the men of the land, it was better this way. A blunt edge could not play the tricks of a forked tongue.

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