"I've always been... needed. Even when things were at their worst. I was a templar, who served the Maker by protecting people. I had an army looking to me for direction. And now, for the first time... there's no clear task. No one needs anything from me. I don't -- " Bewildered. "How do normal people live? And the trouble is -- "
His fingers tighten on the bearskin.
"I don't want to know. I don't want to face it alone. And I don't want to wear that stupid uniform. If they're going to issue a formal declaration of my uselessness, I at least ought to be able to wear something that isn't too tight. And doesn't pinch."
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"I've always been... needed. Even when things were at their worst. I was a templar, who served the Maker by protecting people. I had an army looking to me for direction. And now, for the first time... there's no clear task. No one needs anything from me. I don't -- " Bewildered. "How do normal people live? And the trouble is -- "
His fingers tighten on the bearskin.
"I don't want to know. I don't want to face it alone. And I don't want to wear that stupid uniform. If they're going to issue a formal declaration of my uselessness, I at least ought to be able to wear something that isn't too tight. And doesn't pinch."