When Words End

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There is a point beyond argument, beyond oath, beyond the careful arrangements of
meaning that men construct to delay the inevitable. One figure stands on the far side
of that point.

He is not enraged. He is not righteous. He does not hate that which stands before
him. Those emotions belong to earlier moments, to councils and courtyards, to
raised voices and lowered eyes. They.... have already failed. What remains is a man
shaped by necessity—hardened by repetition, refined by consequence—who looks
forward not with anticipation, but with clarity.

His sword is not raised in threat. It is carried with the familiarity of a tool long used
and never questioned. Its edge bears the quiet history of decisions already made,
each one taken when there was no longer anything to say. His armor is worn not as
symbol or station, but as function: weight accepted, movement learned, survival
integrated into muscle and bone.

Behind him, the world endures—stone, sky, and the distant echo of structures built
for permanence. Before him lies what must be finished.

He does not announce himself, nor explain. There will be no final warning, no
remembered speech. Those belong to people who still believe words can alter
outcomes.

This is what remains when they cannot.