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Role

Chapter 3


Lessons Part I
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Vanity isn't one of Susu's real vices, but even so she was less than pleased
to count several feathers touched by or even completely turned grey. Time
may be slowed, or lengthened, but never stopped, and for her folk it's measured
in short spans. Closer to her end than her beginning, her relationships have
changed, her thinking, changed, herself, changed. Perhaps changed is the wrong
word though. In discussions with Pereira and lately with Armitage, it's become
clearer that rather than change she's grown, refined. "You must always be
thinking, Susu. You know that. Not just as I teach, but as your Lady, Yean,
teaches. Without thinking, learning, knowing, there is only failure, weakness.
But you know that, don't you. The question now, after all these years, is
have you taken the next step, and gone deeper? What is the lesson within the
lesson within the lesson?"
Pausing a moment to gather her thoughts, she responds, "The lesson, or lessons,
were to train my body, to make of it a weapon. A hard tool with a hard goal.
The lesson within the lesson was that the body may be trained, but like any tool
it must be used properly, and thus the mind must grow, must be trained, toward
it's own full potential. It, and thus I, cannot be distracted by the unacceptable
behavior of my enemies. It, and thus I, cannot be lured into a sense of personal
importance, but rather I must always know who and what I am. It, and thus I,
cannot be tempted to adopt the methods of the cowards and ill-minded I face in combat.
And now, after all these years, I see the lesson within the lesson, within the lesson."
She pauses again, and Perira lets the moment hold, a stillness within which each
is perfectly comfortable. "The lesson within the lesson within the lesson,"
continues Susu, "is that as perfect one can be in body for a task, as perfect as one
can be in mind to govern the body as it does that task, it is the soul, the spirit,
that must live and feel the virtue of self fulfilment, of reaching for your potential,
not merely to succeed in this act or that act, but to know that nothing is beyond your
reach, and that your spirit grows and strengthens either way. In the end, you can only
be responsible for yourself, and for those like us, there can be no stagnation, no
waste. That is the lesson in the lesson in the lesson, Shinan." A few moments go by,
a silence they both enjoy, and then a small smile comes on his face. "Very good. One
day you might even be a true Assassin. Inside, and out."

Leaving the dojo, Susu contemplates what's been said, integrating it with the events of
her life. She's been named MageSlayer, which by definition is something earned, but
at the same time is a great honor, one she always hoped to hold. She's expended great
effort toward the release of Lord Thror, and will continue to do so. She's maintained
a sharp line between true enemies and mere annoyances, despite great temptation to do

  

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