The idea of honour is, to me, a framework. A set of expectations defined by the moral star by which we navigate, and what values we hold most dear to us. Where a Spirit of Honour has the luxury of an absolute, to bring such a simplified thing out of the Fade risks perverting and warping it beyond measure — we are not creatures of absolutes. We are always in negotiation, and always learning, and always changing. A spirit may be such a star, but it can never fully comprehend what you are navigating, and to operate strictly by its edicts can,
( she will never forget Anders' spirit of Mercy, and the breathtaking cruelty of what it did and did not consider worthy or deserving, and though there is nothing of it in her voice she has never trusted a spirit since, never liked the influence they hold, )
do great harm.
The mistake is not to value one's honour. The mistake is to think that you will ever have every answer before you, and all that you need. It is that perfect certainty that allowed the harm that was done to you. Not what he values, perhaps, but what he does not. What his values allow him to deem acceptable sacrifice to them.
no subject
( she will never forget Anders' spirit of Mercy, and the breathtaking cruelty of what it did and did not consider worthy or deserving, and though there is nothing of it in her voice she has never trusted a spirit since, never liked the influence they hold, )
do great harm.
The mistake is not to value one's honour. The mistake is to think that you will ever have every answer before you, and all that you need. It is that perfect certainty that allowed the harm that was done to you. Not what he values, perhaps, but what he does not. What his values allow him to deem acceptable sacrifice to them.