[Yup, it's about the only benefit that doesn't come with a lot of drawbacks
He could have chosen safer lands if he'd wished to, but he was loath to leave the least defensible lands to one of his younger relatives. But he'd grown to love those lands with time, partly because he'd had to fight so hard to keep them for as long as he did.
That sort of struggle tends to breed an attatchment to the place you strive to hold.]
It's because you have to fight so hard for it. When you shed your blood, sweat and tears into the land you live on it becomes almost like a part of yourself. [He gives the girl a soft smile.] People are often contradictory creatures. The things they grumble at the most are often the same things they'd miss most of all should it suddenly be taken away.
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Yup, it's about the only benefit that doesn't come with a lot of drawbacksHe could have chosen safer lands if he'd wished to, but he was loath to leave the least defensible lands to one of his younger relatives. But he'd grown to love those lands with time, partly because he'd had to fight so hard to keep them for as long as he did.
That sort of struggle tends to breed an attatchment to the place you strive to hold.]
It's because you have to fight so hard for it. When you shed your blood, sweat and tears into the land you live on it becomes almost like a part of yourself. [He gives the girl a soft smile.] People are often contradictory creatures. The things they grumble at the most are often the same things they'd miss most of all should it suddenly be taken away.