The best warriors in the world are the yak herders of West Kikala. None deny this, though it shames the caste-nobles and their pretensions of martial excellence. But while these dusty herdsmen learn the art of cutting from a young age they carry no swords, for swords make a warrior lazy. If you cannot cut without a blade, can you in truth be said to have performed the cut or was it the World? Such is the koan by which they order their lives. The young and inexperienced are permitted to learn ...
