I meant the possibility that the territories might be forced back to diplomacy, especially with their lands affected by the earthquakes.
Sidwell's position is already weak from the hits Thorne took during the battles over the summer. Stirring us all up right now likely isn't the trouble he needs on top of everything else.
[ but also, he's not wrong about the first point - ]
The Free Cities is letting us roam loose. There's someone important to me here, I'm staying with him now. I mean to stay with him, even if they want us to return.
[ He feels a stab of guilt for this, as he'd felt explaining to Lucifer, and then Istredd. Dion is only the third person he's told now. He doesn't know him as well or as long as the other two, but he trusts him not to say anything to anyone else. ]
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Sidwell's position is already weak from the hits Thorne took during the battles over the summer. Stirring us all up right now likely isn't the trouble he needs on top of everything else.
[ but also, he's not wrong about the first point - ]
The Free Cities is letting us roam loose. There's someone important to me here, I'm staying with him now. I mean to stay with him, even if they want us to return.
[ He feels a stab of guilt for this, as he'd felt explaining to Lucifer, and then Istredd. Dion is only the third person he's told now. He doesn't know him as well or as long as the other two, but he trusts him not to say anything to anyone else. ]