Well, it's not useless, don't get me wrong. It just doesn't mean much unless paired with other virtues and with actual juice. Conversely, they don't mean much unless paired with it.

You cite when Corwin met Anthy; I would like to note that all the love in the world wouldn't have helped Corwin when he went into Cephiro if he hadn't also happened to be, you know, a god, and to have loads of actual, quantifiable power to hurl at Akio and his buddies and a number of get-out-of-jail-free cards.

-Merc
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