A world's support

[Nephrite]

"I understand what you mean." Moore says. "The traitors from Lifasa, some of them died, but some of them were imprisoned. Will they ever have hope again? Or will it just be a spiral of despair for them until their final days?"

A pause here, where he smiles. "I choose to believe in things like Antenora, who was able to overcome so much and still become a beacon of hope in her own right. I know exactly what you mean, Kaja, and you may not be wrong... but it's our job to make things as good as we can for those who we can help. We may not be able to call those who reside in the City of Brass our friends after all of this, but... we can't give up on the idea of helping them, either."

[Anastasia]

"Hmph." Kaja says, "I'd rather I was wrong, but I don't believe I am."

"Cynicism kills as surely as a blade," Xandra murmurs, "Except it hits the spirit rather than the body."

"I've not lost hope, I merely don't have any illusions about what's happening," Kaja's retort sounds thoughtful, "Is there anything we can do while we wait, Moore? We seem to have some time."

[Nephrite]

"Actually, there is something I've been meaning to do for a while, and the timing just never worked out." Moore says. "The other group -- you haven't had a chance to meet them yet, Tryll's. Let me see if he's even available to come. I don't want to get him embroiled in the war, but... well, once he hears about it, we may not be able to stop him from joining anyway."

[Anastasia]

A nod from Cresiel, "By all means."

How are you contacting him?

[Nephrite]

My magical sending stone!

[Anastasia]

Go for it, go drop it in Tryll's thread.

[Anastasia]

Meanwhile, Moore gets his reply.

Go ahead and react to that if you're going to.

[Nephrite]

"He and his friends will be here soon. I wonder who his group is made of..." Moore muses.

[Anastasia]

"Isn't Dana with them?" Jetina asks, "She's, ah..."

"Profane," Cresiel shakes his head, "Of aasimar stock, yet determined to walk another path. She feels as if she cares only to walk her own path, no matter if it takes her high or if it takes her low."

"Not one for high culture, then?" Kaja chuckles, "Since you make it sound like she's not evil, so you mean profane as...?"

"Profane. Profanity," Jetina pipes up, "She curses a lot and always acts like she has something to prove. I think she's an actual princess from her home world and hates it."

[Nephrite]

"She's a good person." Moore says simply, with a grin.

[Anastasia]

Sorry for the delay, RLed.

Going to do anything but wait for a mission and/or Tryll?

[Nephrite]

Nope, all good here.

[Anastasia]

Lemme wait a bit for Tryll to catch up to you then, I'm 3 deep in combats so I'll focus on you this evening.

[Nephrite]

so noted

[Anastasia]

"How well do you know her, Moore?" Xandra asks, "Did you work with her much at Aurora?"