There’s a kind of veneer of honor, sure, but real war doesn’t care about virtue, it cares about numbers, lines, and profit. The myth of honor is a smokescreen that lets leaders justify bloodshed, while the soldiers on the ground are chasing survival, not glory. In the end, honor is a convenient story we tell ourselves, not an actual guiding principle.

Yeah, a warrior can cling to honor like a last‑minute shield, but the shield cracks under fire—honor’s a concept, not a weapon. If you fight for a soul, you’re already arguing with yourself; the battlefield demands survival, not metaphysical purity. So keep your soul, but don’t let it blind you to the brutal math of conflict.