I bowed with my helmet on, and with the gloved fist I touched the coat of mail on my breast. I didn’t introduce myself. I had the right not to. The shield hanging by my side, turned back to front, was a clear sign that I wished to preserve my incognito. The knightly customs had by then assumed the character of commonly accepted norm. I didn’t think it a healthy development, but then the knights’ customs grew odder, not to say idiotic, by the day.I suppose some things never change.
What do I like about Sapkowski, you ask? His sense of humor. For instance:
I bet my head that in Ireland Christianity will be a passing fashion. We Irish, we do not buy this hard, inflexible, Roman fanaticism. We are too sober-headed for that, too simple-hearted. Our Ireland is the fore-post of the West, it’s the Last Shore. Beyond, not far off, are the Old Lands: Hy Brasil, Ys, Mainistir Leitreach, Beag-Arainn. It is they, not the Cross, not the Latin liturgy, that rule people’s minds. It was so ages ago and it’s so today. Besides, we Irish are a tolerant people. Everybody believes what he wants. I heard that around the world different factions of Christians are already at each other’s throats. In Ireland it’s impossible. I can imagine everything, but not that Ulster, say, might be a scene of religious scuffles.
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what's up with the new name?
Seems to be a slightly more accurate description of me than the other one.
Plus, I was told that my old name was un-chassidish. I hope the new one is an improvement.
Wait, what was the old name?
CrawlingAxe?
Oh, that.
How is that less unchassidish than this?
It is more unchassidish than this.
You’re having a problem with vectors tonight.
How so?
Huh?
CrawlingAxe is more unchassidish name than my current name. Mainly because my current name has a “chossid” in it.
Vectors = signs. Like saying “more” when you mean “less”. And vice versa.
If everything with the word "chossid" in it...
Who said I didn't mean what I said?
If it’s enough to wear a hat to be considered a chossid...
You did.
Well, it's not.
I did?
since when are vectors the same as signs?
Only if all the vector's entries are 1 and -1, is it only about signs.
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