Part V
LAW OF THE RETURN

The Law of the Return

Power that cannot be folded away is not mastery.
It is a liability.

The Stone Dragon House does not train practitioners to remain forever at the edge of extinction. The wilderness requires sharpness; civilization requires restraint. Survival is not a permanent posture. Dominion is not a lifestyle.

Part V governs the return.

Here, the practitioner learns to disengage—
to close the hand without residue,
to sheath authority without fracture,
and to re-enter the Nominal Kingdom of life, family, and law without bleed-through.

This is where most systems fail.

They teach how to open the hand.
They glorify escalation.
They reward impact.

They do not teach how to end.

The Law of the Return restores proportion.
Force is withdrawn.
Identity is dissolved.
The nervous system is resealed.

What was done in extremis is not carried forward.
What was necessary is not defended.
What was survived is not worshiped.

Only those who can return without seeking witness
are permitted to carry the Law.

The hand closes.
The ground is left undisturbed.
Life resumes.