CASSAIN

—You have to help me, Aristotle; I want to marry Evelessa.

—What's stopping you from asking her?

—I asked her, she said no.

—You asked her with flowers and everything?

—Yes, I did.

—Then you don't even know the mother of your children. Evelessa isn't one for drama or unnecessary frivolity.

There are battles you prepare for. You calculate. You define a strategy. You execute. Then there are battles you don't realize you've already lost.

This is the second kind.

Because, apparently