Victory or death. It applies to so much of the Galra and their actions that Shiro understands it, even if he thinks following it as they do is unnecessary at best. How many good commanders died because of such a saying? How many wars were fought unnecessarily? Then again, it wasn't as if Zarkon seemed to care. From Shiro's limited dealings with him, it was perhaps for the best, though this is not much better than the arena.
What Shiro's effectively doing is training someone on how best to kill him. They've tired of using him and now he's to be used one last time before being discarded. It's the way the empire works; it's why the empire is going to fail. Victory or death with the person he's supposed to train. It's a better ending than the one he would get in the arena and it means there's a chance for escape; that has to be worth something.
He's survived everything else. He'll survive this too. ]
They don't normally send the human gladiator in to train princes, is all. [ Shiro's lips twist up into a lopsided smile, shoulders rising and falling. ] Did they tell you that's what this is?
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Victory or death. It applies to so much of the Galra and their actions that Shiro understands it, even if he thinks following it as they do is unnecessary at best. How many good commanders died because of such a saying? How many wars were fought unnecessarily? Then again, it wasn't as if Zarkon seemed to care. From Shiro's limited dealings with him, it was perhaps for the best, though this is not much better than the arena.
What Shiro's effectively doing is training someone on how best to kill him. They've tired of using him and now he's to be used one last time before being discarded. It's the way the empire works; it's why the empire is going to fail. Victory or death with the person he's supposed to train. It's a better ending than the one he would get in the arena and it means there's a chance for escape; that has to be worth something.
He's survived everything else. He'll survive this too. ]
They don't normally send the human gladiator in to train princes, is all. [ Shiro's lips twist up into a lopsided smile, shoulders rising and falling. ] Did they tell you that's what this is?