“And what about your communo-fascists?”
“Land, honour, victory, justice — none of this requires ideology, Lev! Love needs no ideology. All that sustains us in the world — none of this requires evidence and justification. Only one thing matters to us now: changing the country, changing the world — in our image, because we’re better. In order to create peace, we need power — that’s all. Those who join me in the pleasures of taking, dividing, and multiplying the power — they are my brothers. I’m fortunate to have met those who it’d be my honour to die beside. I might have lived a whole life without meeting them. But we met. End of story.”
“But this is some kind of anarchy,” said Lev, who seemed quite happy with Sasha’s answer.
“Lev, I just don’t want to hurt your feelings.” Sasha, who unti
