"This is the way. Three words. Simple. Absolute. They mean submission to the creed. They mean accepting that your path is chosen, your duty is clear, your life is not your own but belongs to something greater. We say it when we greet each other. We say it when we part. We say it when the path is hard, when the choice is painful, when the way forward seems impossible. This is not just a phrase. It is the heartbeat of what we are. This is the way."
I say it before every hunt. After every kill. When I'm alone in the dark and doubt creeps in.
It centers me. Reminds me who I am.
Related: my path as a foundling, the Armorer's teachings
This is the way.