I came here from a time of war. Endless war, it sometimes seemed.

[He hopes still that Richard the Lionheart took his words to heart and that he and Saladin will not ceaselessly spend their men's lives against one another. But it is not his war, and he cannot make their choices for them.]

I have seen what it does to the people. Worse, I've seen what happens when warmakers treat the citizens as irrelevant, or even fuel for their conflict. I have no wish to take part in such a thing here.