You know what__ worse than burying your own child? Not burying your own child.
I know precisely what honor is, Heracles. Honor is the artifice kings sell the peasants_ sons so that they may fight and die without pay. Honor is what drives a peaceful man to bloody vengeance. Honor is what drove the Celts to behead the children of the Apache Courts.
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I know precisely what honor is, Heracles. Honor is the artifice kings sell the peasants_ sons so that they may fight and die without pay. Honor is what drives a peaceful man to bloody vengeance. Honor is what drove the Celts to behead the children of the Apache Courts.
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