It's tough to be your own man when you're trying to avenge your folks. Nobody's on a quest. You try it? You'll burn at the first dragon.
But hell, you're trying, kid. There's no shame in idealism. It doesn't make you wet behind the ears for having a place that you'll stand your ground on. No-one will judge you for having a fire in your chest.
Goods can be replaced - people? Well, they'll replace people too. But their minds are gone, and they don't linger like you'd expect. There's just a gap there. Like an old, essential part that's no longer in production. All you can do is make your own filler.
Do you think you can fill that hole, Katz? I hope you can.
Let's see how you do. I've got your back, brother.
Klaus Katzmann has been accepted into the Alster Unioners on trial period.
THE SYNDIC LEAGUES
(A co-operative of Rheinland's Shipping Unions, retired from a life of piracy.)