Show Me Your Ways

Artorias considered the Warlord's words and his system for determining rightful ownership. The greater argument, the better use, the more sentimental value... it was all a lot to consider. But then there was also the possibility of one of the wolves lying, fabricating a greater story than the other. Would justice truly be justice in that case? Could a definitive truth always be reached in all circumstances? He smirked and snickered when Sirius stated how he might just keep the item for himself if an owner could not be determined, and a wolf could challenge him for it. Artorias considered that, realizing that if a wolf really wanted an item badly enough to fight the Warlord for it, then maybe they did deserve it the most. Although he was tickled by the Warlord's instinctive response of "mine" to an undetermined item, it was another lesson that would stick with him and ingrain itself into the boy's impressionable young mind.

"What about in situations where a crime has been committed against a wolf? How do you determine innocence and guilt and justification of a party? How do you know what punishment fits a crime? Is it all left to your discretion and judgment, and how do you keep yourself from being biased in those decisions where you have to make a judgment call like that, either for an item or a crime?"

"Artorias Carpathius"