Dashing Hopes

an Art of Dying fragment

Every now and then I wonder if Our Prince was ever aware of how many kindled hopes he dashed along the way, killed.

Did he ever reflect on, or have any idea how much hope was invested in him, and to this day — to the best of my knowledge — still is?

I believe that if he in the eyes of Karma committed crimes, this would be his very gravest: for in his trail so…