Damarwulan's Victory

It never gets any easier. Rotten blood still reeks as one's own, the enemies' eyes are still human eyes, the night before the battle still keeps Damarwulan wide awake.\nThe battle ends victoriously, like any other battle has before for him. This is the fifth battle, and he wishes five is the final number. When he returns to court, he is received with the greatest of honors, his name repeated so many times that he forgets it is his name and thinks it is just another word for "victory". our ruler approaches him, their heart filled with joy. "Young Damarwulan," they says, "you are not that young anymore."