Devil's Bargain

“You speak of peace as if it is the only thing of value! And it is because you are soft. You have never felt the emptiness of annihilation, the cold, calculated realization that you and everything that defines you, everyone that you love, every trace of your very existence will be destroyed. Peace! Peace! Peace leads to the slaughter. Peace leads to empty promises and shallow vows. Peace promises the present but denies the future. Peace!”
He spat
“Peace will be had when our enemies are dead and we are no longer the hunted. When their hounds no longer nip at our heels and their boots no longer grind us into the mud. Peace without victory is a Devil’s bargain.”