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(I see what you did there.)

Azulius nodded in agreement as he set his Scroll on his lap, waiting for anything worth taking notes on. One of his uncle's favorite sayings was how the only real rule of combat was to survive, and all other rules should be judged by how much they complicate the first rule.

There was a good reason that the oaths sworn at a Cardamom initiation said precious little about how to fight, so much as when and why to fight. There were several about defending your fellow family members, in addition to those who had sworn loyalty to you, plus the obvious ones about never letting an offense against the family go without revenge. But the only rule about fighting was not to lose.

It was also comforting to hear that Bolton did understand the value of fighting defensively, as well as non-lethal methods. But that gave him an idea of something else that would have been useful...

"Eh, Mr. Bolton?" Edom asked after raising his hand. "What about taking somebody out silently?  Is that something we can cover, if there's enough time?"