Adventure the Third

[philip_charming]

[Coming back to the cottage from the battle with the statue, Philip took care of his horse Samson, moving on autopilot... then just slumped in a chair even as the horse flopped onto a carpet nearby.

Just give him a minute, he'll reach for the bandages soon... Right now, he'll just sit and stare at his battered and aching hands.]

I helped today. I know I did. Lives were saved by my actions; mine, and those of others. But what do you say to the people that died anyway?

What do you do, when your best just isn't good enough?

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[knight-in-red.livejournal.com]

[Oh my. Then it would be terribly difficult for Hikaru to explain. Terracentric seems so nonexistent.

She laughs nervously.] Sorry. I may not be the best person to answer this...

But there's a big reason for that word, but I'm sure you wouldn't understand it even if I told you.

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[philip-charming.livejournal.com]

[As opposed to Japan being 'The Land of the Gods' that was the only important part of the universe until around the 1860's?]

You could always give it a try. I wouldn't consider myself so terribly lacking in understanding.

[After all, he can READ! And WRITE! And do ARITHMETIC! Slowly, of course, he's no scribe or anything... but if you wanted to know 571 minus 238 and gave him a whole lot of paper, he'd eventually come out with an answer that stood a pretty good chance of being in the general vicinity of correct!

(All those Roman numerals, you know. Made math a real pain.)]