[ He doesn't want to talk about it. But since this boy appears as stubborn as a dog with a bone about getting answers, he decides to give them the bare minimum to satisfy their curiosity. ]
Our people were looking to us for guidance. In a time of great uncertainty, we were expected to lead. Yet not only did my friend step down from their seat, they left the city on some mad quest to find another way to halt the oncoming calamity. As if we hadn't already debated the merits of such a course. As if we hadn't almost unanimously decided upon a solution in that same forum.
[ His expression tightens. ] Even after our city fell, they never returned. I assume they died, like all the rest of our people. We left their seat and title empty for twelve thousand years.
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[ He doesn't want to talk about it. But since this boy appears as stubborn as a dog with a bone about getting answers, he decides to give them the bare minimum to satisfy their curiosity. ]
Our people were looking to us for guidance. In a time of great uncertainty, we were expected to lead. Yet not only did my friend step down from their seat, they left the city on some mad quest to find another way to halt the oncoming calamity. As if we hadn't already debated the merits of such a course. As if we hadn't almost unanimously decided upon a solution in that same forum.
[ His expression tightens. ] Even after our city fell, they never returned. I assume they died, like all the rest of our people. We left their seat and title empty for twelve thousand years.
So you see, boy, why I yearn to meet them again.