Exactly.

[ he doesn't know how much she's been told, or what. the longer he remains on abraxas the more aware of the politics he's becoming. the way stories, the way events, can be spun. it's not far from what goro's done with the people of cadens, but there's also not much sam can do about it.

for now, though, he just watches wanda listen. watches her take in all this information and work with it how she will. and god, if sam had any idea what was ahead of them, maybe he would have said something else. maybe he would have tried hard to say something more. for now...for now, he just trusts her. her opinion, her questions, where she wants to fit into all of this. it's all he can do. ]

I don't think they were doing anything. [ sam shrugs, looks down at the mug in his hands. ] Us being here is proof that the mages and whatnot here are messing with magic they don't really understand. And I think Eifstide was just that - people messing with magic and something big happening because of it. [ a beat, and then a sigh. ] Between you and me, I don't think anyone in Solvunn wants this war, but they're in a tough spot, and if they're not careful, make a great scapegoat. And Goro sees that.