Wish away

[Iron Dragoon]

"It's not something that I'm exceedingly skilled in. It may not be best to come from me, though. I doubt he'll believe I'm sincere considering the deaths he's caused in my Order."

[Anastasia]

"If you can't, you can't," Amaryl concedes, "Not everyone can do that sort of thing. It takes a special touch."

[Iron Dragoon]

Alyssa nods. "I'm a fair hand at convincing people that fighting me is a poor choice, but I'm not sure about repentance. It could work, though."

[Anastasia]

"He might be a monster beyond anyone's reach," Amaryl concedes to Jarem, "Jarem may well be right. But perhaps he can be salvaged, and we lose nothing trying."

[Iron Dragoon]

"Considering where he's at, survival might be the best motivation. Either he helps us, or he dies. From us or Shar for failure."

[Anastasia]

"Real redemption takes more than that," Emily says, speaking up, "More than just fear of consequence."

"Sure," Jarem agrees, "But it's a good place to start. He going to be out a little while?" After Amaryl confirms that, "Can we have a few minutes to talk this out amid ourselves?"

[Iron Dragoon]

Alyssa nods.

[Anastasia]

Amaryl checks Brannold once more before vanishing.

Once gone Emily says, "You know they can hear in here without being here?"

"Yeah, I thought they could," Jarem agrees, "The point is that we need to decide - can we do this and do we want to do this? All it takes is time and risking being somehow outmaneuvered and backstabbed if it goes wrong." He grabs the single chair here and sits down, "But turning an enemy into an ally is a good tactical and strategic moves. Spies and traitors can be some of the biggest intelligence coups you can get."

[Iron Dragoon]

"I'm not sure spies are the wisest way to go. Secrets are part of her power, after all. Informant is probably best. But it's something I don't have facilities or people for, ourselves."

[Anastasia]

"Regardless, we have to talk him down, bring him around. Can we do that?" Emily asks, quietly. "It sounds really hard, and I'm better at smashing things than talking to them." Looking away, "My Moms and Xera are better at talking to people. Even Uncle Donald is, he's great at getting people annoyed to take the lead in a conversation."

[Iron Dragoon]

"Right tool for the job. I think we should leave this to them."

[Anastasia]

"For the best," Jarem finally says, "I usually turned enemies by explaining how utterly fucked they were. A monster or a maniac may not respond ot that."

Emily merely looks down and adds, "Okay, then if we can't, let's leave it to them. Maybe my Moms can get through?"

[Iron Dragoon]

"I've never tried this before and it's too important. Wise decisions are the foundation of survival, and that's how your stories keep going."

[Anastasia]

So plan is to see if they can untangle it, then? Anything you want to do in the interim?

[Iron Dragoon]

Um, those research projects? The land creation stuff?