Opening post by Ser Aldric Mallery · #1
Thirty years of this and the same mistake every spring. Losing well is a performance the first three times. After that it becomes character.
The one-line concession — 'well fought, rebuilding' — closes a loss faster than any silence can.
A loss examined in private is tuition; broadcast raw, it is entertainment for your rivals.
I would rather you heard it here than in a war report.