text; un: beatrix [1]

[fiendennor]

Do you believe in magic?
If so, what do you know about it?

Comments

[fiendennor]

Diplomacy is, and remains, a thing. It should always take precedence over needless bloodshed.

[wallofbriggs]

I didn't say otherwise. However, there are times when talk becomes nothing more than your last breath.

[fiendennor]

And even then, all your might should be used to bring the parties involved back to the negotiating table.
Atrocities help no one. They only make the other side want bloody revenge.

[wallofbriggs]

Again, that's a very easy thing to say.
How many times have you been in just such a situation?

[fiendennor]

A life or death situation?
Several.

Don't mistake me for someone without the stomach to use force if absolutely necessary.
But a peaceful solution is always preferable.

[wallofbriggs]

So you only speak like a child.

Peace may be preferable, but it is not always possible. And a soldier's job is to deal with the consequences of both. We keep the peace and we fight if only to protect those who can't.

[fiendennor]

I speak like one with an ideal.
Age is irrelevant.

Or do doctors refuse to treat enemy soldiers in your world?

[wallofbriggs]

You'd have to ask a doctor.