A General's Reflection | YPA Log 1.1

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YPA Command Log 1.1

Year 23, SA

 

ZHANSHI REGIMENT

ARMY COMMAND WING

YONG PING

 

“Honour and Service”

 

 

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Authored: Duhu Tianrui Ren, Minister of Defense

 

COMMAND LOG 1.1

 

I awake 06:00 hours, a splash of water in my face then breakfast, green tea, seeing the teahouse in order before I don uniform and see to the Keep. Jiangjun Ryu has already seen the troops in the barracks through exercise and morning change of guard. After comes seeing to the mess to make sure the pantries are stocked before seeing to the armory, both of equal importance in running of the guard. One would hardly expect his fellows to stand watch for hours on end fuelled by base rations. Adherence to discipline does not require you to stop eating good food, just a balance of it. Daily duty proceeds as normal, my own task of the day seeing to a restock of spare plate for repair. As a thankfully quiet day takes to a close, I am left now to reflect on my past years of service as Duhu to Yong Ping.

 

For as long as I could remember after calamity struck my family in Arcas, I held these private fantasies of a warrior’s death- to die fighting for my family and kin folk, a cause greater than myself. A death time and again lived in my mind where my death might mean something more than what I had lived so far. That I might be remembered in greatness for my death. Duty to my family kept me from any such foolishness, and with time I have healed and come to terms with my sense of self. I know now more than ever before that my living gives more meaning than any death I could experience. This does not mean I am now afraid to die, it is simply the realisation I am no longer afraid to keep living.

 

“My actions are my only true belongings.
I cannot escape the consequences of my actions.
My actions are the ground upon which I stand. ”

-The Five Remembrances of Shidoism