He simply did what had to be done...

[muninnskiss]

He simply did what had to be done ... It would be easy, he told himself, to throw everything overboard and disclaim any responsibility.  All he had to do was saddle up and ride out of the country.  It sounded easy, but it was not that easy, even if a man could leave behind his sense of guilt at having deserted a cause.  To be a man was to be

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[thistlemoons]

I think so...isn't this all about chosing what battles you are willing to fight, even if you deplore fighting?

[muninnskiss]

Yeah, I think that's part of it. But it also means, sometimes, even if it isn't a battle you would chose, you need to fight it anyway. It's more about choosing the necessary fights to fight, even if you deplore fighting and don't want to fight that specific fight.

~Muninn's Kiss

[thistlemoons]

Agreed.