"My lady, I am simply telling you of what I was. Not what I am." [i]Alric stated, being oddly calm in the situation.[/i] "I was a monster, I may still be a monster. But I am an honorable one. I tell you this so that you know... I do not tell you as a threat. I do not tell you to scare you. I tell you say that you know what I am. If you are to fight by my side, if we are to fight together. You must know that I am a monster, but you must also know what I do to survive. I will fight to my last breath, for you. For the dojo, for the people." "I have seen what has come of my actions when I made the wrong decisions, the price that was paid. My brothers dead, and me alone. I pray I don not make the same mistake twice, and I pray you are the right choice." "If you wish me to swear it, I will. I swear I will give you my blade, my life, my troops. I swear it to your gods, and my gods. Which I do not have faith in."[quote][/quote]