And personally, I've lost my thirst for vengeance.
There must be love, and understanding, to betray. Most men haven't the wit or the honor for betrayal: not to know it when they see it; not the stomach to apprehend it as they do it. Most men, blind and dumb in their self-centeredness, don't betray: they merely disappoint.
Niko knew death like a sister - she was his true partner in the phenomenal world.
No ethos, pursued without thought or mercy, is ethical.
What wastrel mankind destroyed takes time for nature to put to rights.
These Stepsons tread where mortals don't belong, some of us think. They seek out battle high above their station. Who knows what powers may yet take them and their mystic allies to task, bring them their comeuppance?