CHAPTER 53A terrible realization formed in Josyff’s mind.
“You don’t know why you are fighting!” he said. The disbelief in his voice seemed to send a tremor through the entire landscape. Amrassian looked at him sharply, but almost immediately Josyff felt again that the body he was looking at had momentarily been deserted. Then it was alive again.
“Do not seek to judge us, Measurer.”
Josyff did not feel inclined to accept any rebuke. He almost shouted. “I was not judging you. I asked you why do you fight? When did all this begin, and over what? Given that you dragged me into this, they’re not unreasonable questions. And ‘It’s an ancient war’ isn’t an answer.”
Amrassian looked at Josyff intently, though this time there was a searching presence behind the eyes.
“You are right, Measurer,”
