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Dear adventurer, let us rest and examine this cool world. Have a mug and polish your favorite blade, for the world is dark for a dirty blade to shine.

Go for a walk. Go to the forest at the edge of town, go deeper into the wood than you usually go and take with ease the resplendant amount of trees. Take the warm essence of the wood and bring it in through your lungs, concentrating on your breathing. Listen to the stream and the company of birds, and to the rocks that the sun bashes light upon. Calibrate yourself, my friend, for the journey you are embarking upon is a mighty one. Take with natural ease the segments of this planet, the various components that it is framed upon. If you can constantly resonate with your surroundings, then you, too, can hope to raise your skills in an effecient manner.

The basic composure of life is sound. Ye should glide soundly upon these holy grounds if you listen to the squire of your deity. And kneel to offer your composition of memory to your god, as he or she will take it with care, to another land of listeners. The cycle of life constantly washes itself with reverberations. Learn this, adventurer, should you be a blessed man in heated battle.

If you're reading this book, then battle may become a necessity for you. You should be prepared in mind, body and spirit.

Eat healthy and stretch in the morning.

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