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[cradle] oh okay

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eithan's an overlord now

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that wasn't hard

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didnt' even need a full page

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Akura Charity said something cool about the concept of courage and didn't even think about it

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it is often said that courage is more than the absence of fear, it's accepting fear and acting regardless

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but what Charity says is:

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resisting fear is a skill

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anyone can learn to do it through practice

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it is not something you do or don't have

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meanwhile Yerin trains in a place so unhospitable that the frozen winds carry blade madra

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anyone below Truegold who came here would be cut to ribbons by wind

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learning what Icons are

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and that's the real shit

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Sage is when you start to command reality directly

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the Winter Sage, who reflects the icon of Winter, can tell something to freeze

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and it will freeze

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no technique required

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it just knows better

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Yeah, becoming a sage is basically just "you can now make reality shut up and sit down".