“Chaos isn’t a pit. Chaos is a ladder. Many who try to climb it fail and never get to try again. The fall breaks them. And some are given a chance to climb, but they refuse. They cling to the realm or the gods or love. Illusions. Only the ladder is real. The climb is all there is.”
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“Why do you think I came all this way?”
“Love is more powerful than reason. We all know that.”
“Love is the death of duty.”
“All men must die, but we are not men.”