The General fell in love. She gave him status, a love of beauty, culture.

And then he fell in love with her. And when his legions sat in honor in the statehouse, he made his worship of her known.

And had his armies dig within the bowels of revolution to find her lover. Would have killed him had she not intervened.

And so he had Knife's vision taken from him, thinking she would leave him then and even when she wouldn't, Knife would never watch her dance.