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Chapter 15

My lord Marcatis,

I recall the first day you found me outside your chamber. I was
young and brash, proud of myself for a successful journey to the
dry lands and eager to berate my newfound guild for allegedly being
misguided. I think I had a litany for you. Yet you waited quietly
and when you finally spoke, you asked a single question which carried
itself to the front of my mind, "What is the source of good Judgment?"

The next time we spoke, I had little room left for pride. I had excelled
in my career as a Magistrate, yet in every other aspect of my life
I was lacking and I knew it. You could have disowned me then. But
instead, you waited and watched... and sent me to find my own counsel.

In every step along the way, you have taught me how to learn. How to
be awake to my surroundings. How to see that which is reflected beyond
this mortal form of mine.

When I speak of my faith in Marcatis, I teach the ideals of judgment
through a symbolism which I believe all the people can understand.
Truthfully, many of the virtues of judgment are similar to those
taught in my own guild. Patience, Temperance and Wisdom. I declare
to my enemies that none of us can escape death and beyond that,
we shall all be judged for our actions.

Yet it is not enough that I know how to preach a message. I seek to
learn how to teach without teaching. I wish to provoke a great deal
of hope within the Spire before I meet you at the Final Judgment.
I intend to greet you with a warm smile, then gaze into the mirror
and be judged one final time.

... I now realize I will never fully understand this spark of mine
but that with each passing day I have come a little bit closer.

For every day until the end,
Ziruanja Fajamithste