Board Thread:Roleplaying/@comment-19164168-20160929162749/@comment-25073873-20161014092022

"But that's untrue. Even a daedra like me, yes, I can work for things, but even if I sacrifice things, or even my body and life, I may not get what I want in the end. A man who sacrifices blindly for the sake of receiving equal and opposite compensation might get none" noted Illya as she thought of more things.

"You see, life is not an equivalent exchange. When you exchange for something, you need to give something of equal or greater value. The value need not be equivalent, but it can be greater. And so you lose something. Sacrifice is an exchange of something that holds value for ... something that may or may not happen. It's way to uncertain."

Illya scratched her head, running her fingers through her hair, saying "it's a bit like a blacksmith. He can sacrifice his whole life forging the perfect sword, and even forge a thousand of these swords, all in the sake of perfection, but in the end, his hands hold nothing, when he realizes he's too old to use the perfect sword he made. I'm afraid your friend is delusional."

"True sacrifice is giving ... and not expecting any form of returns. A man who makes a true sacrifice doesn't expect anything in return. He doesn't need anything which is why he can sacrifice."