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Drill Jardir’s spearwork, while the daht hi back to the time of the Deliverer

"War is more than prowess on the field," Dama Khevat said "The Evejah tells us that war is, at its crux, deception"

"Deception?" Jardir asked

Khevat nodded "As you ht feint with your spear, so too must the wise leader , he ht When near enough to strike, he , he must make his enemies believe attack is ith while husbanding his own"

Jardir cocked his head "Is it not more honorable to meet the enemy head-on?"

"We did not build the Great Maze so that we could sally forth and reater honor than victory, and to achieve victory, you reat and small This is the essence of war, and war is the essence of all things, fro in the bazaar to the Andrah hearing petitions in his palace"

"I understand," Jardir said

"Deceit depends on secrecy," Khevat went on "If spies can learn of your deceptions, they take away all your strength A great leader must hold his deceit so close that even his inner circle and sometimes even he himself does not think on it until the time to strike"

"But why make war at all, Dama?" Jardir dared to ask

"Eh?" Khevat replied

"We are all Everaai We need every ainst him, yet we kill one another under the sun every day" Khevat looked at him, and Jardir was not sure if the dama was annoyed or pleased with the question

"Unity," the daether, and it is that collective power thathis conquest of the green lands, Unity is worth any price of blood Against the night and Nie’s untold legions, better a hundred thousandby themselves Remember that always, Ahmann"

Jardir bowed "I will, Dama"

CHAPTER 5

JIWAH KA

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