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lade, disciplined will tempered by the fires <strong>of</strong> knowledge, Vhailor's was<br />

pure, brute force: unthinking, un<strong>be</strong>nding, a massive boulder crushing<br />

everything in its path. The flare blinded me and when I opened my eyes<br />

everything seemed <strong>to</strong> carry an EDGE <strong>to</strong> it, as if reality had gained an extra<br />

angle. I could feel the smallest flaws in the threads <strong>of</strong> existence, see the<br />

weight <strong>of</strong> imperfection in every sha<strong>do</strong>w.<br />

It was as if I could somehow CLEAVE every object I saw just by looking at it.<br />

There was no remorse, kindness, love, or even hate... just monolithic<br />

purpose.<br />

"Vhailor... is this...?"<br />

“SEE all things. SEE their strength. SEE their WEAKNESS. JUDGE all things. If<br />

MERCY has eaten their hearts, they will FALL <strong>be</strong>neath JUSTICE. Your WILL<br />

gives you the RIGHT. Your DISCIPLINE gives you the RIGHT.”<br />

I felt sick.<br />

I shook <strong>of</strong>f the residue <strong>of</strong> what he shared with me. No, I couldn't harden<br />

myself as he did.<br />

"Power <strong>do</strong>esn't grant us any right <strong>to</strong> judge, Vhailor," deep breaths now... "It<br />

is the knowing <strong>of</strong> who we and others are that <strong>do</strong>es. You're mistaking<br />

strength for law."<br />

“JUSTICE sees through my eyes. The EYES <strong>of</strong> a MERCYKILLER can see the<br />

CRACKS <strong>of</strong> WEAKNESS, the FRAILTIES, the wounds <strong>of</strong> MERCY upon the<br />

HEART. In SEEING, I KNOW the guilty. he rumbled coldly, I KNOW their<br />

FEAR.”<br />

"You claim <strong>to</strong> <strong>be</strong> the avatar <strong>of</strong> justice, Vhailor, but what <strong>do</strong> you know <strong>of</strong> it?"<br />

“All I see is JUDGED. I may look at the heart and mind <strong>of</strong> a<strong>not</strong>her and KNOW<br />

them. The eye <strong>of</strong> JUSTICE sees through ME.” He pointed his axe <strong>to</strong> Morte -<br />

“The skull knows MUCH. Yet it knows NOTHING <strong>of</strong> justice. Many with hearts<br />

like the skull's now lie within PRISONS and GRAVES.”<br />

Morte yelped, then floated <strong>to</strong> hide <strong>be</strong>hind me.<br />

He looked <strong>to</strong> Nor<strong>do</strong>m. “The MODRON is <strong>of</strong> no consequence. It can DEFINE<br />

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