AUDIENCE: EMET-SELCH

[retellers]

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[retellers]

You sound like you've got experience with that kind of thing.

[ it's idle more than prying, but they move on fairly quickly ]

I'd rather pass on doing that again, but I doubt it'll stop now that it's started. Idea's been planted in everyone's head now. There's bound to be at least one more before the end of this thing.

[arkitect]

[if they're moving on then he'll just let the comment pass-- he's very old, he isn't sure he even really needs to confirm questions like that.]

I would prefer not to be herded into such an investigation again, but it is as you said. Once begun, such things are difficult to stop-- if nothing else, tensions will run higher for wondering if others will act, and enough people being on edge will lead to further trouble.

[retellers]

Great. Glad we can both agree things are about to get worse. [ they sound annoyed, but it's clearly not at emet-selch and more. the situation ] Just hope we can still get the job done despite all of that.

[arkitect]

That will depend entirely on how many keep sight of it. There are distractions to begin with.

[emet-selch continuing to gesture at the competition aspect like 'realm why']

[retellers]

Not much we can do about those. I get the "reasoning", but...

[ they just. sigh. this is causing them so much trouble ]

[arkitect]

At the least, I am sure you will find that others besides myself think similarly. Whether enough of us do is a question for later on.

[retellers]

However many we have, that's how many we'll have to make do with. Don't have much of a choice.

[arkitect]

None of us have from the beginning, have we? Yourselves included, from the way you have explained the situation thus far.

[retellers]

Yeah. Don't think the Realm is much familiar with choices. Far as it can tell, things happen, and that's that.