"I believe I understand, Lady Saber. You suggest that some core of us remains unchanged no matter how much of ourselves we reveal during this conflict, do you not?" He hesitates, reaches back to brush his fingers over his nakago. "It is not my name I fear for, nor whatever humble recognition I may have achieved while I lived. But I hope I am never called upon to renounce that which is dearer to me than my name."
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