"That's why you make them listen!" His voice was intense, a quiet roar. So far he was refraining from shaking the girl, but he loomed angry and dangerous in her face.

"Even if they use violence, you don't have to! You escape, you get up, you distract them, but you do not hurt them! Once you do, you can't stop, and people get hurt and they die!" And you end up alone; an old, bitter, angry warrior who doesn't have a peace left to fight for and whose warnings no one will listen to.