Remaking the world wasn't always a stage show and a cheering crowd. Politics was just warfare by other means. The losers didn't get to hold rallies.
Politics, History
Amnesia was a soldier's best friend, and luckily, it could be taught. Missing limbs still ache, but missing memories never do.
War
He was a real-life soldier playing soldier from his memories of made up soldiers.
War, Warrior
They understood what had really held the market together before. Violence. After all, what good was a debt if the creditor couldn't compel it to be paid?
Money, War, Violence
At the birth of a new world, there will be always pain.
Pain
He wondered if anyone really ever changed, or if stuff just piled on and on, covering up, but never erasing all the different parts. How deep would you have to dig to find who you started out as?
Change, Self