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The Thieves Guild, written by Jaker, Chapter sixteen Failures lessons
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than Gauds.
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They walked through the alleys of the Upper Quarter, past
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charming pubs hidden down steps, and the stalls of goods
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that popped up at random corners. They walked without concern
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for anyone, and no one paid them any mind. Rogers
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glanced at l She was thin and wiry, with muscles
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that reminded him of the women that worked the warehouse
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district As couriers. They had to lift and carry things
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long distance, enough that they needed strength, but not enough
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that they needed the heavy muscle of those that worked
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the forges or the quarries. But what struck him most
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was her casual and overwhelming confidence. She spoke as if
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she didn't mind people hearing, and she walked as if
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she just expected people to get out of her way.
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Knowing that she was a blade and that she had
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two very visible daggers tied to her thighs made it
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all very disconcerting to Roger's ell was pretty, but the
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beauty was overshadowed by an overwhelming sense that Rogers shouldn't
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get too close to her. He felt that once before,
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when he was a child, his father had taken him
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to a gathering of caged animals from the mountains that
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had been set up during Founder's day. There was an
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orange and black animal that looked like a large cat.
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It sat in the sun and would occasionally lick its fur.
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Rogers had reached forward to touch it through the bars
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when it suddenly leaped at him and snapped jaws full
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of sharp teeth at his hand. As Rogers pulled his
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hand back, the wild mountain thing hissed, and the keeper
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of the animals laughed. The man pointed to a giant
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brown animal with huge claws and teeth sitting in an
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iron cage. Mind your fingers, youngster, that thing is more
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dangerous than the bear. Rogers had nightmares for a week
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about the vicious animal whose beauty hid teeth that would
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remove your fingers. L reminded him of that thing. She spoke,
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and Rogers flinched.
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Sir, you have not failed much. You have fallen into
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desperate situations and succeeded and been rewarded each time.
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The conversation had been ongoing since they left the tavern,
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and Rogers quickly realized he didn't like talking to Ell.
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She somehow always made the things he was proud of
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seemed less than what they were.
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If you wanted to attach yourself to a failure, I
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am indeed certain you can find a better partner. Ah.
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So we're partners, now, are we.
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Rogers again reminded himself that silence was most likely the
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best way to hold a conversation with L.
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But to answer the question, you refuse to ask.
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To succeed at the highest level, you need to fail
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because every situation is different and you need to learn
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the shape of them, not just details like if guard's attack,
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we defend or retreat.
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Rogers again didn't reply, and L's stopped. Rogers stopped and
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backtracked to her.
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What I'm not trying to insult you, Rogers, I'm trying
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to prepare you. You are the captain of three guilds.
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That is extraordinary, and it tells me your instincts are exceptional.
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But you need to hone your instincts into more precise weapons.
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L began walking again, and Rogers caught up. Just staying
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in her vicinity was a full time job. Rogers again
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chose the wisdom of silence, and L continued.
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Let me give you my first lesson Polo sent me
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to kill a shift leader in the outer fields, not
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a captain leader who had stolen food from the wagons
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sent to the Silah district. I figured such a thing
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would be easy, just find the man in his sleep,
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So I snuck into his house and stabbed him in
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his heart while he slept. But I failed because it
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was dark, and I missed his heart and stabbed his shoulder,
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and he arose with such suddenness and force it tossed
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me off the bed. He was a mighty man, and
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he was upon me with the desperation of the wounded.
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I had my dagger still, but he beat me about
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the head such that my only thought was to flee.
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Bell stopped again, and Rogers once again backtracked. What happened.
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I told Polo, and he said the wounding was enough.
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The man got the message. He then gave me some crowns.
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And here is the thing, Roger's, someone like you would
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see that as a success, a small indication that you
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were making progress toward your goal. To me, it was
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a failure. I was sent to kill, and I was
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beaten and fled.
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Bell's smiled as she asked the next question.
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Do you know what I did no, but I am
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sure you're about to tell me.
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It was Rogers's turn to smile.
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I gave the crowns to a guildless vagrant outside harvest
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house and went back to the outer fields. I practiced
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on a shirt filled with straw, on landing a knife
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to the heart in utter darkness. I would kick the
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shirt of straw and then launch myself at it, not
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knowing where it landed, but knowing I had to find
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the center of the chest.
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Regardless.
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I failed in that again and again, but then I succeeded.
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It took me quite some time, but I can now
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stab someone in the heart just by hearing the flutter
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of their night shirt.
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Rogers wasn't quite sure what the lesson was. He himself
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learned from his mistakes, he felt.
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I then returned to the man in the fields, entered
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his house on the darkest night of the month, and
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stabbed him in the heart.
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El tapped Rogers on the chest with her finger.
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You see, I learned, So now I come back to you.
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What is your goal, Captain Rogers.
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Rogers was thrown off by the sudden question and didn't
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quite understand it. He fell back to the reason he
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had followed l in the first place, vengeance to kill
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carch Lle wasn't angry so much as animated in her reply.
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No, that was why you don't learn from your failures.
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You give up without finding another way. When you have failed,
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you have learned nothing.
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She tapped Rogers on the chest again.
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Your goal was to be a guild master, and you failed, Rogers.
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You failed with the Thieves, you failed with the Craft
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Guild two attempts, and you learned nothing from each.
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Elle crossed her arms.
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So let me ask you again, what is your goal, Rogers?
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To be a guild master.
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Now we're getting somewhere, and.
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With that Elle started walking.
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The podcast Alchemy Production
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MHM
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The Thieves Guild, written by Jaker, Chapter sixteen Failures lessons
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than Gauds.
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00:00:23.559 --> 00:00:26.760
They walked through the alleys of the Upper Quarter, past
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00:00:27.000 --> 00:00:30.679
charming pubs hidden down steps, and the stalls of goods
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00:00:30.719 --> 00:00:34.600
that popped up at random corners. They walked without concern
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00:00:34.719 --> 00:00:38.640
for anyone, and no one paid them any mind. Rogers
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glanced at l She was thin and wiry, with muscles
8
00:00:42.799 --> 00:00:45.840
that reminded him of the women that worked the warehouse
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00:00:45.880 --> 00:00:49.399
district As couriers. They had to lift and carry things
10
00:00:49.439 --> 00:00:53.600
long distance, enough that they needed strength, but not enough
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00:00:53.640 --> 00:00:56.359
that they needed the heavy muscle of those that worked
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00:00:56.439 --> 00:00:59.880
the forges or the quarries. But what struck him most
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00:01:00.200 --> 00:01:04.319
was her casual and overwhelming confidence. She spoke as if
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00:01:04.319 --> 00:01:07.319
she didn't mind people hearing, and she walked as if
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00:01:07.319 --> 00:01:09.879
she just expected people to get out of her way.
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Knowing that she was a blade and that she had
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two very visible daggers tied to her thighs made it
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all very disconcerting to Roger's ell was pretty, but the
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beauty was overshadowed by an overwhelming sense that Rogers shouldn't
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get too close to her. He felt that once before,
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when he was a child, his father had taken him
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to a gathering of caged animals from the mountains that
23
00:01:35.519 --> 00:01:38.799
had been set up during Founder's day. There was an
24
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orange and black animal that looked like a large cat.
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It sat in the sun and would occasionally lick its fur.
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Rogers had reached forward to touch it through the bars
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when it suddenly leaped at him and snapped jaws full
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of sharp teeth at his hand. As Rogers pulled his
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hand back, the wild mountain thing hissed, and the keeper
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of the animals laughed. The man pointed to a giant
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brown animal with huge claws and teeth sitting in an
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iron cage. Mind your fingers, youngster, that thing is more
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dangerous than the bear. Rogers had nightmares for a week
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about the vicious animal whose beauty hid teeth that would
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remove your fingers. L reminded him of that thing. She spoke,
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and Rogers flinched.
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Sir, you have not failed much. You have fallen into
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desperate situations and succeeded and been rewarded each time.
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The conversation had been ongoing since they left the tavern,
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and Rogers quickly realized he didn't like talking to Ell.
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She somehow always made the things he was proud of
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seemed less than what they were.
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If you wanted to attach yourself to a failure, I
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am indeed certain you can find a better partner. Ah.
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So we're partners, now, are we.
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Rogers again reminded himself that silence was most likely the
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best way to hold a conversation with L.
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But to answer the question, you refuse to ask.
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To succeed at the highest level, you need to fail
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because every situation is different and you need to learn
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the shape of them, not just details like if guard's attack,
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we defend or retreat.
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Rogers again didn't reply, and L's stopped. Rogers stopped and
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backtracked to her.
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What I'm not trying to insult you, Rogers, I'm trying
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to prepare you. You are the captain of three guilds.
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That is extraordinary, and it tells me your instincts are exceptional.
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But you need to hone your instincts into more precise weapons.
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L began walking again, and Rogers caught up. Just staying
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in her vicinity was a full time job. Rogers again
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chose the wisdom of silence, and L continued.
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Let me give you my first lesson Polo sent me
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to kill a shift leader in the outer fields, not
64
00:03:58.400 --> 00:04:02.319
a captain leader who had stolen food from the wagons
65
00:04:02.360 --> 00:04:05.319
sent to the Silah district. I figured such a thing
66
00:04:05.360 --> 00:04:07.840
would be easy, just find the man in his sleep,
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So I snuck into his house and stabbed him in
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his heart while he slept. But I failed because it
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was dark, and I missed his heart and stabbed his shoulder,
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00:04:17.800 --> 00:04:20.720
and he arose with such suddenness and force it tossed
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me off the bed. He was a mighty man, and
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00:04:23.800 --> 00:04:26.319
he was upon me with the desperation of the wounded.
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I had my dagger still, but he beat me about
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the head such that my only thought was to flee.
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Bell stopped again, and Rogers once again backtracked. What happened.
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I told Polo, and he said the wounding was enough.
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The man got the message. He then gave me some crowns.
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And here is the thing, Roger's, someone like you would
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see that as a success, a small indication that you
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00:04:51.680 --> 00:04:54.839
were making progress toward your goal. To me, it was
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a failure. I was sent to kill, and I was
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beaten and fled.
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Bell's smiled as she asked the next question.
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Do you know what I did no, but I am
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sure you're about to tell me.
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It was Rogers's turn to smile.
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I gave the crowns to a guildless vagrant outside harvest
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house and went back to the outer fields. I practiced
89
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on a shirt filled with straw, on landing a knife
90
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to the heart in utter darkness. I would kick the
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00:05:23.079 --> 00:05:26.040
shirt of straw and then launch myself at it, not
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00:05:26.199 --> 00:05:28.279
knowing where it landed, but knowing I had to find
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the center of the chest.
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Regardless.
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I failed in that again and again, but then I succeeded.
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It took me quite some time, but I can now
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00:05:38.480 --> 00:05:40.920
stab someone in the heart just by hearing the flutter
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of their night shirt.
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Rogers wasn't quite sure what the lesson was. He himself
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learned from his mistakes, he felt.
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I then returned to the man in the fields, entered
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his house on the darkest night of the month, and
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stabbed him in the heart.
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El tapped Rogers on the chest with her finger.
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You see, I learned, So now I come back to you.
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What is your goal, Captain Rogers.
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Rogers was thrown off by the sudden question and didn't
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quite understand it. He fell back to the reason he
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had followed l in the first place, vengeance to kill
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carch Lle wasn't angry so much as animated in her reply.
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No, that was why you don't learn from your failures.
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You give up without finding another way. When you have failed,
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you have learned nothing.
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She tapped Rogers on the chest again.
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Your goal was to be a guild master, and you failed, Rogers.
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You failed with the Thieves, you failed with the Craft
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Guild two attempts, and you learned nothing from each.
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Elle crossed her arms.
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So let me ask you again, what is your goal, Rogers?
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To be a guild master.
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Now we're getting somewhere, and.
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With that Elle started walking.
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The podcast Alchemy Production
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