That's very progressive of you to give potatoes jobs.
The steady breathing of the Roegadyn Wall at the Captain's back, ready to die for him without a moment's pause. Everyone of them ready, to die...
Death is lighter than a feather, duty heavier than a mountain.
[[鴻毛 has the furigana こうもう so yep, feather]]Quote:
「一途に己か本分の忠節を守り義は山嶽よりも重く死は鴻毛よりも輕しと覺悟せよ其操を破りて不覺を取り汚名を受くるなかれ」
[quite roughly as my Japanese is shockingly bad] (Be steadfast in your duty and realise that righteousness is heavier than a mountain and death is lighter than a feather.)
From 陸海軍軍人に賜はりたる勅諭 the pledge that the Japanese Army and Navy had to sign.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imperi...rs_and_Sailors
The text and a modern translation are here if you can read Japanese.
His helmet was stifling. It narrowed his vision, and he must see far. His shield was heavy. It threw the Roegadyn Captain off balance, and his target is far away.