To seek after peace is to be ever ware of any who would threaten it.

The fool will teach ere he has learned, and his very servants scorn him.

Night’s darkness cloaked Elske, covering her as the winter snows cover mountains, from peak to foot. Elske moved with the weight of darkness on her shoulders, on her head; and she tasted it in her mouth like the flavorless rills that ran so fast in spring melts.