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Message: <blockquote data-quote="FloatingDisc" data-source="post: 4384258" data-attributes="member: 72222">Correus leans back in his chair and says "Dashiel and Sul-Mahat, could you two excuse us for a moment? Take the foxglove there and put him in another safehouse. Take Pandran's cart, she won't be needing it for a few hours."When they've left, he leans forward again, staring deeply into your eyes. "No doubt our reptilian friend gave you poor impression of our enterprise. I can't say I'm surprised. He's certainly eager, but I sometimes wonder if he belives in our work. Perhaps he just needed to latch on to a cause, any cause, to give him something to believe in. Gods know he didn't have much cause for joy before I bought him off the slave blocks a year ago. I suppose he filled your ears with talk of 'glorious upheavel' and 'righteous insurgence' and that sort of rubbish? Well, I'll come straight to the heart of the matter. You're obviously a man of principle and morals, and I thank you for being so forthright about your religion. The deed I have sworn to undertake is intended to be victimless, or failing that, certainly bloodless. The plan we've forged has no need for bloodshed, and, gods willing, noone need be hurt by our actions. Your concerns are certainly not groundless, of course, and I wouldn't deem to trivialise your beliefs that way. I understand the risk, and take full responsibilty for it, though I truly believe if my plan works, it will be a 'bloodless coup' as they say. I plan to prove before the people of Lacerda, on behalf of my patron, that they do not need this strutting imposter. They need someone who'll look out for the wellfare of his people, rather than extorting them. "My plan involves retrieving the possessions of the true king, from where they've been scattered by the current ruler. When Darukan seized the throne, so the story goes, he took the true symbols of rightfull rule and scattered them across Arca. My patron's goal is to retreive them and present them to the true king, whom they claim to have found, and in turn present the true king before his subjects. The usurper, Darukan can do nothing but forfeit the throne in the face of popular opinion! Such is my belief, and I would appreciate your views on the matter. Let me tell you, the cause has great need of someone other than rash, impetuous Dashiel and foolhardy Sul-Mahat!"</blockquote>

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