Unshakable bravery is needed to live peaceably in the Everfree, and nopony can ever truly be prepared for the fearful creatures that turn up on one's doorstep in the dead of night.
Routine day with a dirt cheap brush, then a week goes by and it goes untouched. Then two, then three, then a month, and the rest of your life you beat yourself up. - Aesop Rock, "Rings"