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[ushiri]

[ He does find that reassuring to a degree about Nadine. As for the rest... ]

Everyone is more cautious here, I think. But it's just as likely they will want to offer whatever aid we can.

[ Or not want to stand out by refusing to work with the faction on this. With his own vote, he feels like his hands are tied. There are no good options here. ]

Those are my thoughts as well...

I don't like any of this. I wish we knew more about these people.

[godshattering]

[ It's unsurprising to hear the offer of aid being enticing - Claude knows it was to him as well, that promise of what could be accomplished with Portam Hall's directives attached, until he'd decided that wasn't something he wanted to support. In his own vote, anyway, considering there's many reasons he wouldn't fault someone else for agreeing to it. And in the end, if that's the way the overall vote goes and he ends up as a delegate, that's what he'll have to do. ]

You and me both. It seems we'll be walking into a dire situation we know very little about and have to prepare for it based on the latter. That's not my preferred way of doing anything, and especially not when so much of this is outside of our control in so many ways.

What are your thoughts on what Thorne will ask of or from this if the vote goes to accepting their assistance?

[ushiri]

From what little I know of the Nether it seems they are skilled blacksmiths. Likely they'll ask for something to do with that if their weaponry is more advanced than what is already here. Or a promise of aid in the war efforts in the future.

I assume it will be the same from the Free Cities.

[ If the vote goes that way. ]

[godshattering]

I had the same thought about any part of what's given to Thorne or the Free Cities regarding war efforts. I'd rather not contribute to that unless it's unavoidable in how we're able to help the Nether, and in that case whatever will be done will have to be.

[ Another pause, because he's considering that and in a call back to other things they've spoken of, how being here doesn't mean that the past and its struggles have to repeat themselves outside of that. No, he has more to add to that admittedly politician's answer. ]

I wouldn't ask someone to risk themselves to prevent some of the information we might learn making it back to anywhere, but if there's a way around that, it wouldn't be the worst idea to keep an eye on finding what it might be in mind throughout all of this.

[ushiri]

[ He's comfortable speaking plainly with Claude at this point. ]

I wouldn't expect others to risk themselves. I hope not to have to put myself in that position. But if necessary, I will.

[ He's very much used to acting alone. All of this conspiring is something he never did before coming here. ]

[godshattering]

[ Even if it's a response he expects from what he's gotten to know about Kyle - and the other man's thoughts on the situation in Thorne, let alone Abraxas - Claude looks at those words until they disappear before he answers. ]

Then we share the same feeling when it comes to that, so long as we can move things into motion to be the way we want. If there's no way to prevent bringing back what we're supposed to to Thorne and the Free Cities, then maybe there's a way to make sure the connections we make with the Nether aren't based on this alone.

[ If it's possible - he'd like to find a way. ]