Status Updates From The Traitor

“Bravery only has value if … there is a real prospect of victory.”

“Yet, as my lord and mentor Hijikata Toshizo was so fond of saying, the essence of the sword lies not in its ability to hew bone or sinew but rather in its ability to pierce convictions. To turn this around, then, though my body be cut and slashed, never shall I allow my convictions to be pierced. The moment convictions are broken is the moment that life itself is destroyed.”

“We cannot be loyal to today without betraying yesterday. We must betray yesterday in order to be loyal to today.”