Hopefully

 War. 

A simple concept. 

Two or more sides fight, some die, some win. Yet, this very simple concept also had a very simple consequence. Death. Not just for the soldiers but also for the people. The innocent people who keep on losing more and more and ultimately their lives.

But war was also a complicated concept involving people of all walks, greed, necessity and even downright destruction and injustice.

So, stopping something so simple yet complicated a process required special skills and a lot of planning. Neither of which Al had.

"I can't stand my ground against an Arch knight," Al said.

Dark sky, lots of stars. No moon.

Just the two of them. They actually caught a lizard out there in the dead grass; bout the size of a cantaloupe. A large enough lizard to eat. The old man had caught the thing so he took the tender lower half while gave Al the not so tender top part. And yes, they even had a fire going for the terribly cold night.