when i said we haven't got much paper, i mean it's rarer than gold or diamond or clean air. there isn't enough to MAKE books. or hardly any folks left who ken how to bind'em proper.
oh, aye, terribly useful to take toddlers and deny them a childhood and beat'em daily to make killing tools of an entire generation. can't imagine why mine's the only culture i've ever heard of that does it, it's so damned useful.
...and to be clear, i agree it's damned useful, there's no better soldiers or trackers or survivalists than gunslingers, but ye pay for the privilege dear. ye pay with yerself. ye pay with never having yer mother comfort ye or tuck ye in at night, ye pay with never knowing what it is to be a child, never knowing what it is to live without death and pain or the knowledge that ye are nothing but yer gun and how good ye are at killing.
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oh, aye, terribly useful to take toddlers and deny them a childhood and beat'em daily to make killing tools of an entire generation. can't imagine why mine's the only culture i've ever heard of that does it, it's so damned useful.
...and to be clear, i agree it's damned useful, there's no better soldiers or trackers or survivalists than gunslingers, but ye pay for the privilege dear. ye pay with yerself. ye pay with never having yer mother comfort ye or tuck ye in at night, ye pay with never knowing what it is to be a child, never knowing what it is to live without death and pain or the knowledge that ye are nothing but yer gun and how good ye are at killing.