Preemptive Strike

What does it mean to take the initiative?

I am standing port side on this ship, as it approaches some gloomy waters. The mist is all around us, and we, men of the sea, can merely whisper our loathing to ourselves.

So we remind ourselves that we too are creatures of darkness. We thrive in it.

So I made a preemptive strike. Sometimes the monsters come in the form of gentler beings. These are not to be trusted. When Fortune strikes, she does so with the help of your guiding hands; that tree in that forest has nothing to do with you. Fortune strikes you where you have led her to strike you.

When confronted with a being that is not what it seems to be; remove its presence from your mist. Before the poison that be dichotomy come to visit.

There is no greater evil than dichotomy. It is a pestilence of an evil. An all-being; all around as if a mist of thorns. The best way to fight dichotomy is to remind yourself once again that you are fit and trained to fight in darkness. You have sailed these dark, threatening ebb of waters around you for millennium. Your collective conscious knows this malevolent sea. Knows how to steer itself true, deep in her grey bosom.

Take the initiative, use your shortest sword and start slicing through the mist.

Preemptive. Strike.