[wanda had heard about this from multiple people, had brought it up in conversation with others. it had, for all intents and purposes, appeared as a gross misconduct on behalf of solvunn—enough for it to be brought up during the summit, enough to warrant an apology.
it sits strangely with her, but she listens to sam continue on explaining the situation. he's lived through this, she remembers.]
Sounds like everyone has to watch their six around him.
[alas, if only she knew how bound she would become to goro in the future.]
Isn't it weird, though? Solvunn seems to be the one least concerned with whatever direct competition The Cities and Thorne are in. Why — would they do something like that? It doesn't make much sense to me.
[ 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.
That's what I thought, too. I talked about it with Stephen, and he agrees— the slightest wrong turn in a spell and it can unfurl into something out of control, even for the mages casting it in the first place.
[they must have found a way to balance out what is needed for the summoning spell, then, almost to perfection, if all three factions can manage it without much of everything going wrong.
she frowns for a moment, looking away.
solvunn can make a great scapegoat and goro sees it. perhaps many others see it this way, too. it is hard to tell where they stand when they don't have all the cards at their disposal to make sense of them.]
All this, and it is somehow less complicated than back home. [wry humor, but is she wrong? a passing glance at sam.] Nothing for it but to trust those around us and be ready for anything, right?
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[wanda had heard about this from multiple people, had brought it up in conversation with others. it had, for all intents and purposes, appeared as a gross misconduct on behalf of solvunn—enough for it to be brought up during the summit, enough to warrant an apology.
it sits strangely with her, but she listens to sam continue on explaining the situation. he's lived through this, she remembers.]
Sounds like everyone has to watch their six around him.
[alas, if only she knew how bound she would become to goro in the future.]
Isn't it weird, though? Solvunn seems to be the one least concerned with whatever direct competition The Cities and Thorne are in. Why — would they do something like that? It doesn't make much sense to me.
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[ 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.
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[they must have found a way to balance out what is needed for the summoning spell, then, almost to perfection, if all three factions can manage it without much of everything going wrong.
she frowns for a moment, looking away.
solvunn can make a great scapegoat and goro sees it. perhaps many others see it this way, too. it is hard to tell where they stand when they don't have all the cards at their disposal to make sense of them.]
All this, and it is somehow less complicated than back home. [wry humor, but is she wrong? a passing glance at sam.] Nothing for it but to trust those around us and be ready for anything, right?