The Price Of Pride
"Father, I want to fight the war" No, you won't. "Why won't you let me do anything?!" Hmm Then tell me why you want to join the war. "I want to become a man and protect my country from those devils on the other side. I want to be something good in my life. And even if I die, I want to die fighting for something worth it." Hmm "And I want to kill all those people who dare to take our land away from us." Kill, you say, child. Do you know what it means to kill? To have blood on your hands, your enemies' blood, cutting throats while they beg for mercy? I have killed dozens of kids your age. So don't you dare talk about killing. "Then at least let me die a hero, Father, fighting for the right cause." Let me open your eyes, child. You’ll die a gruesome death at the border, and they’ll give you a glory you’ll never get to see. If you want your life to matter, it's not death that makes it worthy, it's what yo...