“ An act made in fear is not the same thing as an action taken for necessity. ”
Mage-taught wisdom reproached him: any gift of power was two-edged.
~ Janny Wurts
Because you’ve survived, there is a next strategy.
You can't let your past write the future
The rebuke came, keen-edged. ‘Trusting the man is not the same thing as knowing what he’s about.