### Affirmation
*My scars are stories of return.*
**Practice:** Touch a scar (seen or unseen) and thank it for the lesson carried.
### Affirmation
*My scars are stories of return.*
**Practice:** Touch a scar (seen or unseen) and thank it for the lesson carried.

Even in darkness I will carry light. Even in light I will honor the shadow. This oath binds me to balance.

When all others fall, I remain. My shield is the last wall between ruin and the innocent.

To defend the weak is to bare one’s teeth at the tyrant. This oath is carved into the very bone of a warrior.