"It is not death that a man should fear, but he should fear never beginning to live according to nature."
— Book 12 Meditations by Marcus Aurelius
The chapter ended with a quote from Marcus Aurelius meditations.
And then a footnote from the first pilot.
"If nature in the Glass is predation on one another, then is to reject it an act of living wrongly, or Will my morals secure my dignity?"
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With those words heavily settling in his mind, Soren slept off.
His night was filled with the haunting struggle of Chronovore defending against the consumed Shades.
....
Two days went by fast.
News that Soren was facing off a second year cadet spread fast.
Once more, he was the center of conversations again.
Unlike the fight with Goldsworth which was a battle of Egos between two first years, this was a battle that would promote Soren's status from Clown.
Naturally, everyone was curious to know who he would be battling.
