So you're a warrior class? Were you raised to be a sword from your birth or were you taken from your family later?

[That's fascinating for her, for her military training began when she was young enough to swallow whole the lies she was taught about all the world and her hostage nation's natural superiority. She'd been raised to be a soldier first, but she'd never been raised to see herself as nothing but a soldier]

So what will happen to you if you become too injured to fight? Will your people abandon you or is there a worthy retirement option for swords?