Culat's expression was difficult to fathom. "So, your brother wishes to take you with him to the great beyond, because he feels that your presence on this, or any, planet disrupts the natural order?"
Culat recalled something then, a memory of long ago: a saying of an old man, born of another world, spoken on another plane. "Any conflict is a triple-edged sword: the edge of one side, the edge of another, and the edge of the truth. And you, Culat Heton, must strive for the third edge."
Why had it come to his mind just then? Culat didn't know. Nevertheless, he lived by what he called "the third edge," and another principle was necessary for it, which was to recognize the perspective of all who tell. Whether the holiest warrior or the most depraved fiend, each only spoke from their own paradigm.
Edited by: Yari Koneko at: 11/16/02 1:28:09 pm