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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Joachim" data-source="post: 1245512" data-attributes="member: 9531">His eyes closed and his fists clenched, Ajax slowly speaks in the language of Celestial, "I appreciate your frustrations, Caine.  Believe me, I do.  I was once a mortal, such as yourself, and have seen the death, depravity, and destruction that results when Evil is allowed to run unchecked.  Now, _I_ am in the process of ascending, and without a doubt in my mind I can tell you that he higher powers of Good _do_ know what they are doing, regardless of the seeming pointlessness and intransigence of their methods."I do not know why this angel was told to give us the information she did, and only this information.  I do not know why the Higher Powers, be it the Hebdomad or Council of Stars, gave her orders to limit the aid she was to give us.  But, there is a method to their thinking.  You don't have to like it, and I don't have to like it, but it is what it _is_.  She gave us information that we _need_.  Without it, we would not have known about the existence of Alakast, and definitely not its location."Again, do not misunderstand me, Caine.  I am frustrated...nay, I am _angered_ that the Celestial Choir does not offer greater aid than this paltry piece of information.  But you should direct your hard feelings away from the soldiers such as this lesser angel.  She did as she was told.  She followed orders, much as I have followed orders in offering my service to the Tyrites."You, Rusty, Tilly, Wathros, and I are no more than soldiers in this great War.  We are given our orders.  We obey.  If need be, we die.  All for the Greater Good.  The death and destruction you have seen in Cormyr was horrific, and obviously has affected you deeply.  But the end result was that the country, and its people, were freed of the bonds of slavery.  Do not blame the Celestial Courts for their apparent lack of activity.  In the least realize that they are with you now.  Through me, in the very least."</blockquote>

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