A Pi never gives up, Randell whispered to himself as the hot white pain hit his back.
A Pi nevergives up. He would always be a Pi. He let out only the smallest grunts to the constant hot poker of the punisher’s spell.
A Pi never shows weakness.
Randell liked to believe that he had no weakness, that he was invincible, that he was the only one who controlled himself, but he was a wizard, and wizards didn’t own themselves.
A Pi never showed weakness, but his weakness was always controlled.
Randell had only showed weakness to one person, Jaumet He liked to tell himself that he showed weakness to Castilia, his girlfriend, but as Jaumet had mentioned once, he never did. And now his knees thanked her, his back thanked her. He thanked her for his pain.
Nihilistic Porcupine 