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BUT T GUESS HE MUST HAVE SOME KIND OF CONVICTION... SS THERE ARE THINGS THAT SIMPLE MERCENARIES LIKE US ONLY HEAR ABOLIT IN ABSURD DRINKING TALES, THINGS THAT HE WOULD THINK OF AND DO LIKE THEY WERE NOTHING. 4 ORDINARY PEOPLE LIKE US “| DON'T UNDERSTAND GRIFFITH... IT MIGHT TAKE HIM LONGER THAN A LIFETIME TO ACHIEVE IT... BUT, SOMETHING ABOUT HIM /S DIFFERENT FROM US. I CAN'T REALLY \ DESCRIBE IT... { IT'S NOT JUST HIS SWORDMANSHIP AND HIS TACTICS.
ISN'T THAT JUST HOW IT /S WHEN A MAN GATHERS OTHER MEN TOGETHER?
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I DON’T KNOW WHAT MAKES IT DO THAT, BUT IT'S ALMOST KE IT’S ALIVE.
HAVING ACQUIRED SUCH AN EXCELLENT SOLDIER, I DIDN'T WANT TO LOSE HIM IN SUCH A PETTY BATTLE.
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