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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Lot" data-source="post: 3069721" data-attributes="member: 23740">Lokin looks at Zurd as he speaks and frowns slightly when he mentions the broken truce."Forgive me if I am wrong, but you were planning at breaking the truce at some point, correct?  I have traveled with you only a short time, but we have spoken of our future plans before and you've never revealed your ambition from me.  I doubted you planned to keep this structure in the hands of that chief.  I'm not judging you for it, but I feel like you're angry at Kol for the manner in which he broke the truce, not that he broke it, right?"Lokin leans against the wall wearily."I wish we could have avoided the deception.  I like my enemies to know they're my enemies and my allies the same.  Why?  Not because of some naive sense of right and wrong, I can tell you.  It's because if I'm always doubting my allies and my allies are always doubting me, we'll both end up worse than if we worked together.  Kol, for instance.  I wished we he hadn't attacked when he did.  It left us vunerable, it probably ruined whatever plan Zurd was hatching, and it broke a truce we had made on our honor.  Despite that, Kol is my ally and the orcs are not, so I came to his aid.  Just as I would come to any of your aid.  For the time being, you are my comrades and I will fight for you.  There may come a day, maybe some day soon if we continue like this, that we may part ways.  On that day, all bets are off in the allegiance department.  Until that day, we are allies and I will not betray you.  Nor will I change my behavior to expect betrayal from you."Lokin once again looks at Zurd."As mad as I am about how Kol reacted, the blame for this breakdown falls on you as well.  You created this plan on the fly, creating the illusion that you were a great orc chieftain and that we were your slaves.  By misrepresenting yourself, any honorable truce made in these terms is already deceitful and, therefore, invalid.  Also, you made the agreement without checking with any of your allies, including the impulsive and unpredictable barbarian."Lokin looks to the raging barbarian."No offense, Kol, but you're too aggressive for deceptive diplomacy or protracted peace with people whom have acted as enemies in the past.  Asking you to not be yourself is like asking a fish to stop swimming or a bird to stop flying."Lokin, his grim face becoming even sadder, sighs heavily."After this engagement, when the wealth has been split, there may be splits in the group.  No offense intended, but I operate in a specific way and I feel that some of your adventuring styles may not mesh with mine.  For the time being, though, let's get on with it."</blockquote>

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