THE FOOL AND HIS AWAKENING

You have been a fool. Moving forward in your stupidity and simply trying to make the best of your stupid decisions. But instead, all you've done is destroy yourself. Taking the good you could have done and corrupting it with your bad decisions.

These were the first words Specter had spoken to Jin once their training had started. It had been like a punch to the gut and Jin couldn't help but be slightly resentful of it. But no matter how resentful he was, he could never deny that Specter had been right.

He had simply been a fool.

Trying to master a million before one. Trying to gain a hundred while losing nothing in the process. It was the height of hubris. A perfect definition for insanity.

Jin leveled his sword in front of him and took a deep breath as the sand storm approached. He felt the blade thrum in his hand and accepted it.