“No one has suggested it,” he said and spread his palms before her. “The slayer passed every test we put to her, and I stand by our determination that she was ready for the field. Her death was not a failure of the Council, but a consequence of her calling, a consequence that is both natural and necessary. The strongest slayers survive the longest in the field, and when they are no longer strong, they are replaced. Not by us, but by the perils of their calling.”
He shifted to pick up his cup of tea. “Such thinking may seem harsh, but our world, our very existence would have crumbled into dust long ago, were it not for this system. This tried and true system.”
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on 2013-10-31 10:13 pm (UTC)He shifted to pick up his cup of tea. “Such thinking may seem harsh, but our world, our very existence would have crumbled into dust long ago, were it not for this system. This tried and true system.”