The Difference Between a Hedge Knight and a Sell Sword

If you're sure that the person you're stealing from won't starve, then it's more okay. But if you're just bigger and stronger and steal from the smaller person who's also starving, don't think that's okay? You maybe can argue that there is a sort of sliding scale of morality when you're near death. And as you get wealthier and wealthier, you become obliged to provide food for people who are starving. This plays into two strong themes, one that we've dealt with a bit already, that will continue to pervade all the way through these stories.