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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Queen_Dopplepopolis" data-source="post: 2134276" data-attributes="member: 14323">The child, while important, is not paramount to the cause of the Circle - at least, not in Justice's mind.  The Circle's priority is to defeat the king now and to win the war now.  I understand the importance of the child for the future security and stability of the throne as a back up if something goes wrong, however; that potential thing cannot happen until we win the war... As such, I would place the survival of the child a step lower than the war... so, for example, if Justice is given the choice to do something that would win the war (say, slay Mordred) or save the life of Archonus' child - the child's life would be lost.As such - Justice's response..."Archonus - this war that we fight is my paramount - the thing that, at this moment, I live for.  While I believe the life of your child to be important, I cannot say that I would lay down my life for her before I would lay down my life to see this conflict ended.Placing your child at the top of our priority list assumes this war has already been won, and though we have tasted victory, we are far from being champions.  The life of your child could, indeed, become important after the Phoenix kingdom is an established government... but unless this war is won, there will never be an opportunity for her to serve.  In my mind, the child must come second or we have spent far too long fighting a war that we will not win."</blockquote>

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