Dusk dissolved the light. In the darkness, I seemed to see the flowers that had been brilliant in daylight suddenly turn over lizard-like eyes. Thorns barred me with their hooked barbs, and a dark-red river eroded the ground beneath my feet. I ground my ribs into a dagger. Darkness can never swallow up a burning original resolve. Before the swamp’s gastric fluids digest me, I will pierce through it. But perhaps… it is all an illusion?
— Lux’s Diary, Day 31 · Shadow of the Drawn Bow
high defense, vigilance, caution, holding the last line of defense, self-protection, endurance, always prepared, strength in adversity, inner conflict
discouraged, overly defensive, defenses collapsing, underestimating the enemy, isolated and without support, lacking sufficient experience, wavering, insecurity, exhaustion
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