I certainly don't agree with it. It is certainly a strange thing that the enemies we fell simply return to fight again. It's a new type of war and one I look forward to experiencing. I would prefer to lead the battle and not be sent at the whims of our jailers.

[He senses that she knows more of the situation than he does. Woefully he's only had the writing and words of others to go on. He had to wait to gain new experiences and even his own patience would eventually wear thing.

He fills his goblet again.]

But I am Iskander, King of Conquerors. To admit that any war cannot be won is to deny everything that I am.