[ WP ] Your twin sister was destined to eradicate evil , but you were tasked with eliminating the far greater threat : Stupidity

The armies of good are drawn up on the plains surrounding our fortress. A vast host of my sister's eager followers set in orderly tranches back to the horizon. Over it, I know. The day is sunny, her warriors cheerful. 
 
 She rides out alone to meet me, armoured only by her cleverness. 
 
 `` Will you not surrender?'' she asks. 
 
 `` You know I can not, Adrestia'' 
 
 We sit quietly for a minute. She, perhaps, wanting to delay the battle, I having no words that I have not tried before. Eventually her horse grows bored and ducks its head to crop grass from the verge of the stony path. 
 
 `` I will treat your books well,'' she says. `` The cutting will not be unkind''. 
 
 This gains a resigned smile from me. 
 
 `` And my scholars?'' I ask. `` Will you cut them kindly too? Will you leave only the good?'' 
 
 She does not answer this, but does not look away. 
 
 `` Do not blame yourself,'' she says, then turns her horse gently. 
 
 As I watch her leave I search for a reply, but find nothing. I do blame myself. The task I was bound to was too great for me. I lack the qualities I was set to protect, and now the world will return to darkness. 
 

