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Sometimes I worry that I'm not the hero everyone thinks I am.
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What proof do we have? The words of men long dead, only now deemed divinatory? Even if we accept the prophecies, only tenuous interpretation links them to me. Is my defense of the Summer Hill really the "Burden by which the Hero shall be dubbed"? My several marriages could give me a "Bloodless bond to the world's kings," if you look at it the right way. There are dozens of similar phrases that could refer to events in my life. But, then again, they could all just be coincidences.
The philosophers assure me that this is the time, that the signs have been met. But I still wonder if they have the wrong man. So many people depend on me. They say I will hold the future of the entire world on my arms.▼
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▲The philosophers assure me that this is the time, that the signs have been met. But I still wonder if they have the wrong man. So many people depend on me. They say I will hold the future of the entire world on my arms. What would they think if they knew that their champion - the Hero of Ages, their savior - doubted himself?
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Perhaps they wouldn't be shocked at all. In a way, this is what worries me most. Maybe, in their hearts, they wonder - just as I do. When they see me, do they see a liar?
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Rashek seems to think so. I know that I shouldn't let a simple packman perturb me.
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Nevertheless, I continue my trek, going where the scribbled auguries proclaim that I will meet my destiny
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In the end, I worry that my arrogance shall destroy us all.▼
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I consider myself to be a man of principle. But, what man does not? Even the cutthroat, I have noticed, considers his actions "moral" after a fashion.
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"He shall defend their ways, yet shall violate them. He will be their savior, yet they shall call him heretic. His name shall be Discord, yet they shall love him for it."
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▲In the end, I worry that my arrogance shall destroy us all.
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It amazes me how many nations have united behind our purpose. there are still dissenters, of course - and some kingdoms, regrettably, have fallen to wars that I could not stop.
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It is too much, I suppose, to even hope for. A single, unified empire of man? It could never happen.
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▲I know that I shouldn't let a simple packman perturb me. However, he is from Terris, where the prophecies originated. If anyone could spot a fraud, would it not be he?
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▲Nevertheless, I continue my trek, going where the scribbled auguries proclaim that I will meet my destiny - walking, feeling Rashek's eyes on my back. Jealous. Mocking. Hating.
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Sometimes I wonder if I'm going mad.
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