Ah yes, inat, the unfortunate curse of my people. The sweet pleasure of spiting someone and showing them what's theirs even while knowing you're harming yourself in the process, because nothing's worth more than dragging your opponent down. If you grew up in that culture, the feeling can be intoxicating. It's also fucking insane, and the entire region would have been better off with a partial lobotomy that removes that particular brain bug.
Much, much more on that subject coming in the book. Amazing. And it goes back (at least) 800 years!
Ah yes, inat, the unfortunate curse of my people. The sweet pleasure of spiting someone and showing them what's theirs even while knowing you're harming yourself in the process, because nothing's worth more than dragging your opponent down. If you grew up in that culture, the feeling can be intoxicating. It's also fucking insane, and the entire region would have been better off with a partial lobotomy that removes that particular brain bug.