West
A worthy path always demands great sacrifice. Something that Andrey said to him once, no doubt plagiarizing some great philosopher. Or maybe some movie: you could never tell with his Sire and his eclectic field of interests.
Anyway, the phrase has some truth to it. The Japanese divide the man's world into two parts: the small world, consisting of things that a man cares about personally and the Great World, consisting of the man's Work and Purpose. A balance between the two is hard to find and it is individual for every person.
Michael figures he has come closer to his own in the last few months. Sighing, he takes another look at his immaculate suite and knocks on the door to the Prince's office.