#'hey listen this is a lot of iliadposting'

[lorata]

so another thing when you pay attention to the names of one-off characters is the unending cycle of violence, and for what

someone gets killed, and their companion gets angry and tries to kill their murderer. but they miss and kill someone else! and then that person's friend gets angry and tries to kill the person who killed them, but THEY miss and kill someone else, and then that friend --

this keeps happening, not only multiple times in the same battle but in multiple battles over multiple books

no one gets avenged, the circle never closes, the deaths keep piling on in an endless wave of collateral damage and that is war. the cycle of violence continues, and for what