Like the will of our ancestors, like a voice that cried for battle in ages past. A contest of fire as well as blood, strength and honor. It won't matter how, how sturdy your blade be, your stick, or even the weight your arms come to carry. And in the greatest of our moments, we might see our flames bare fruit. And our hearts will raise us up like when we were but children, when our mothers milk formed into our bones and eventually our meat into limbs. Because we still are children. We'll say our excuses, and we'll make our prayers sincere as can be, we'll walk this earth in our pants and our shirts, we'll trot like the children through it. We