Over the years, the wild Glaze Lilies, too, dwindled till at last they were no more. Many years passed, and he was never able to unlock that dumbbell, nor would he ever learn what might have followed that sentence. As for that stone dumbbell, forget about it, would you?" "It seems that our journey together has come to an end. Her final smile was a lonely one, even as her form dissolved into the finest dust. "With your brawn and my brains, this city would surely become a great one." "So I thought that since there is such a gulf between us in strength, I should use technique and wisdom instead." "Because they are afraid, they try so hard to become more intelligent. "Because they are so small, they know not when they will lose their lives to disaster or strife, and so they are afraid." "Those little people are as small and fragile as dust." He also remembers those words she spoke at the end - again, amid the Glaze Lilies. They were merely two people walking the same path for their own reasons.īut he remembers the scene of their first meeting anyway, when the Glaze Lilies were still in abundant bloom. There was no formal contract between them. He remembers meeting the young woman with the billowing sleeves, remembers the way she acted solemn, yet seemed joyful when she presented him this token. "All my wisdom is hidden within this stone dumbbell." "This is the mark of our pledge, and it is also my challenge to you."
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