This is my milady. There are many like it, but this one is mine.
My milady is my best friend. It is my life. I must master it as I must master my life.
My milady, without me, is useless. Without my milady, I am useless.
I must wield my milady true. I must strike straighter than my enemy who is trying to defeat me.
I must overcome them before they overcome me. I will.
My milady and I know that what counts in battle is not the parries we make, the cuts we land, nor the elegance of our form. We know that it is victory that counts. We will win.
My milady is alive, even as I am alive, because it is my life.
Thus, I will learn it as a sibling. I will learn its strengths, its weaknesses, its parts, its balance, its grip, and its edge.
I will keep my milady sharp and ready, even as I am sharp and ready.
We will become part of each other.
Before God, I swear this creed.
My milady and I are the defenders of our honor.
We are the masters of our fate.
We are the guardians of peace.
So be it, until victory is ours, and there is no enemy, but peace.
This is my milady. There are many like it, but this one is mine.
My milady is my best friend. It is my life. I must master it as I must master my life.
My milady, without me, is useless. Without my milady, I am useless.
I must wield my milady true. I must strike straighter than my enemy who is trying to defeat me.
I must overcome them before they overcome me. I will.
My milady and I know that what counts in battle is not the parries we make, the cuts we land, nor the elegance of our form. We know that it is victory that counts. We will win.
My milady is alive, even as I am alive, because it is my life.
Thus, I will learn it as a sibling. I will learn its strengths, its weaknesses, its parts, its balance, its grip, and its edge.
I will keep my milady sharp and ready, even as I am sharp and ready.
We will become part of each other.
Before God, I swear this creed.
My milady and I are the defenders of our honor.
We are the masters of our fate.
We are the guardians of peace.
So be it, until victory is ours, and there is no enemy, but peace.