QUOTE : It wasn’t that he couldn’t predict what Verger would do. It wasn’t an old style versus a new style—new styles were created to better the old ones, not to weaken them. No, this was about intent. Rone never fought to kill. Both his father and his master had preached against murder. Rone had taken their words in stride; he didn’t want to kill, either. But Verger did. He had no moral restraints holding him back. Rone fought to incapacitate; Verger fought for death. And one was obviously more powerful than the other.