Don't confuse defending yourself with using a weapon. When you pull a sword you have to be ready to kill.
The first time you pick up a sword, you become a target. And the moment you kill...everything changes. Everything.
You're waiting for the right moment to say I told you so, aren't you?
Nope. I'm waiting for you to say it for me.
Hah!...It's not like your breasts aren't dangerous enough.
See how calm the surface of the water is. That was me once. And then....(throws the rock in)....the water ripples and
churns. That's what I became.
But if we sit here long enough it will go back to being still again. You'll go back to being calm.
But the stone's still under there. It's now a part of the lake. It might look as it did before but it's forever changed.
People are too quick to go for their sword. It should always be the last resort.
I don't want to learn to kill. I want to learn to survive.
All right. The rules of survival. Number one: if you can run, run. Number two: if you can't run...surrender, and then run. Number three: if you are outnumbered, let them fight each other...while you run. Number four...
Wait. More running?
No. Four is where you talk your way out of it, and I know you can do that. It's wisdom before weapons, Gabrielle.
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