PM_ME_UR_SYLLOGISMS t1_j0sod71 wrote on December 19, 2022 at 2:53 AM

Reply to comment by AutoModerator in [WP] “I don’t think you get it”, the archmage said to his traitorous student. “I didn’t give up the sword because I am only good at magic or frail and weak. In fact, I was too good at it and that bored me.” by [deleted]

Clumsy title but this general idea is done really well in The Thief by Megan Whalen Turner. The titular character is a world-class thief but, >!after killing rather a lot of soldiers with a borrowed practice sword!<, reveals that his father really wanted him to be a fighter.