Like the blade of a samurai sword
I have been molded and folded countless times:
I am sharp and deadly.
In life I have been used
to slay savage beasts and fearless enemies.
In time I have grown strong...

Now I am tempered only by
The soothing warmth of blood:
I thirst always.
I am ready to strike,
Awaiting my keeper's thrust
To slice deep into the body of our foe:
Cutting through the tender hot flesh and veins
To his core, driving hard through the rigid bones,
Peircing the heart
With my smooth, sharp steel edge...

No assurance for mine enemies
Only despair and pain for those who oppose my master...
For I am ever more hungry and must forever feed!