I'll protect myself. But that doesn't mean I have to choose one court over the other. I've seen this happen before, Hiro. I've seen two sides of a fight so bent on revenge and anger that only one was allowed to survive. I didn't have the knowledge or strength to stop one of my friends from killing another. I have a lot more of both no-

[There was hitch in the writing at the end and it didn't quite finish the sentence before Wan's voice was finally heard. Soft, gentle, but weighted with experience.]

I don't care if stopping this ultimately ends my life, so long as it means there is finally peace when the time comes. I will do everything in my power to see this world brought back into balance.