[handmaiden of unsheathed swords] voice posted:

[darkeststars]

This is Darth Imperius.

Anyone interested in discussing our newfound options in person... [ or more importantly, away from prying ears on the quartz ] ...may find me in the parlor this evening. Perhaps it is genuinely time to round up that group meeting several of us keep threatening.

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[weifinder]

I'm not personally fond of being sacrificed to achieve other people's political goals, I'll admit. Not myself, not innocents, for things like that.

If that's also a moral quandary, so be it.

[darkeststars]

Fair enough. There is certainly a balancing act to be considered, whether the benefits outweigh what you must trade to someone who cares nothing for where you will end up. [ for a moment there's a bitter note in his voice that definitely sounds like personal experience. ]

But still. Using one's enemies for all they're worth is sometimes the most efficient path forward. Whether that is truly the path here, of course, remains to be determined. I am not yet decided myself.

[weifinder]

( He does chuckle at that, either way. )

When we balance them against what's offered here? Two weak positions, both grasping at what benefits them, and why us, as the imbalance that tips their scales? I don't trust it. I can't trust it, and being set up as we are right now to be here, I'm less inclined than ever toward anything Anurr related; Unhalad shouldn't be a consideration. The weakest of a group crying that us not helping will mean they'll go crying to the rest of those who know them, is that credible? Most those I know would laugh at how that highlights your own inability to hold on to what you captured. If a handful can weaken your hold, do you want to broadcast that? You lost that much control?

( aka he sees no gain and only hot air being blown on both sides. )