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"...The Hegemonic invention of "Noble Vetucker Axe-Dueling" is a lie. In reality, Axes were the weapon of choice of Vetuckers due to their convenience. Most Vetucker males who engaged in warfare were migratory, as opposed to the more settled religious males, and traveling hundreds of geographical-units over land left little room for specialized tools and weapons. While certain weapons like swords and spears were practiced with, they were simply not useful enough on thick Vetucker hides. Axe Dueling taught by the Hegemony, in which destroying the equipment of the opposing duelist and "hooking" a horn with the crook of the axe, is a bloodless version. In reality, true Axe Dueling was a bloody affair. Typically, two opponents would strike at each other with their axes, and only one would survive. Native Vetuckers did not rely on dueling tradition to prove their dominance; as a nonlethal form of competition already existed in the form of wrestling and horn-butting. Jaxtians may have invented Axe Dueling as a way to bridge the gap between their diffident cultures, or to prepare modern Vetuckers for warfare which our peaceful grazing biology is not well suited for."
You savor the information, letting you absorb it into your brain like sponge, and keeping every bit strongly controlled. You don't want to let any of this slip in properly Social circles; the thrill of rebellion needing to be checked by avoiding Anti-Social punishments.
After reading the page you look over the illustrations, careful not to crease or bend the magazine as you hide it back under your mattress, and turn in to sleep early. You'll be busy tomorrow.
