There's an old Itall saying, one should not leave in order to run. Do you know what it means?

I figured not.

It means that it's never shameful to exit a situation, the shame lies in trying to escape the consequences. My father, who was also a merchant and survived on exiting quite a few different situations, loved to say this.

Myself, I think it's rubbish. I think, if you're not running, getting away as quickly as you can, what's the point of leaving in the first place?

At the Theatre, Soiren would usually tell me I should stop manifesting the Two-Faced God when not on stage, if I made arguments like this. In turn, I liked to tell her, I couldn't help my level of ambition left everyone else in the dark.

Do not joke about the dark, she replied.

This is a saying I didn't come to know until I moved to Sira. Although all of Kijann experiences night. I suppose it's a bit less mysterious. Or at least, it's simpler.

We don't leave the night, after all. Night leaves us when it's good and ready.